shoebird
/ˈʃuːbɜːrd/
noun
- A large African wading bird with a huge, shoe-shaped bill; also called the shoebill stork.
- Visitors to the zoo were amazed by the shoebird's enormous, hooked beak.
- The shoebird stood motionless in the swamp, waiting for a fish to swim by.
- Photographers traveled to Uganda hoping to capture a rare shoebird in its natural habitat.
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