"shoebill" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃu.bɪl/ Forms: shoebills [plural]
Etymology: From shoe + bill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shoe|bill}} shoe + bill Head templates: {{en-noun}} shoebill (plural shoebills)
  1. Balaeniceps rex, a tall wading bird related to the stork, native to tropical African swamps; the sole species of the family Balaenicipitidae. Categories (lifeform): Freshwater birds Synonyms (Balaeniceps rex): whalehead Translations (wading bird): skoenbekooievaar (Afrikaans), lejleku sqepgjerë [masculine] (Albanian), أبو مركوب ('abu markub) [masculine] (Arabic), জোতাঠোঁটীয়া (zütathü̃tia) (Assamese), picozapato [masculine] (Asturian), beg-botez [masculine] (Breton), китоглава чапла (kitoglava čapla) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bec d'esclop [masculine] (Catalan), 鯨頭鸛 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲸头鹳 (jīngtóuguàn) (Chinese Mandarin), člunozobec africký [masculine] (Czech), træskonæb [neuter] (Danish), schoenbekooievaar [masculine] (Dutch), ŝubekulo (Esperanto), kenkänokka (Finnish), bec-en-sabot du Nil [masculine] (French), abu-markub [masculine] (French), peteiro zapato [masculine] (Galician), ვეშაპთავა ყანჩა (vešaṗtava q̇anča) (Georgian), Schuhschnabel [masculine] (German), φαλαινοκέφαλος (falainokéfalos) [masculine] (Greek), מנעלן (min'alan) [masculine] (Hebrew), papucscsőrű madár (Hungarian), зӏокармаьчи (zˀokarmäči) (Ingush), bróg-ghob [masculine] (Irish), becco a scarpa [masculine] (Italian), ハシビロコウ (hashibiro-kō) (Japanese), наханбасты (naxanbasty) (Kazakh), 넓적부리황새 (neopjeokburihwangsae) (Korean), tupeļknābis [masculine] (Latvian), batasnapis [masculine] (Lithuanian), bbuulwe (Luganda), ഷൂബിൽ (ṣūbil) (Malayalam), chʼídeeldlóohiitsoh (Navajo), treskonebb [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), treskonebb [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), trzewikodziób [masculine] (Polish), bico-de-tamanco [masculine] (Portuguese), abumarkub [masculine] (Romanian), pasărea sabot [masculine] (Romanian), китогла́в (kitogláv) [masculine] (Russian), короле́вская ца́пля (korolévskaja cáplja) [feminine] (Russian), Schousnoabel [masculine] (Saterland Frisian), shaebill (Scots), corra bròg-ghobach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), рода ципеларка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), roda cipelarka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), člnozobec kráľovský [masculine] (Slovak), čevljekljun [masculine] (Slovene), picozapato [masculine] (Spanish), träskonäbb [common-gender] (Swedish), காலணி-அலகு நாரை (kālaṇi-alaku nārai) (Tamil), นกกระสาปากพลั่ว (nók grà-săa bpàak plûa) (Thai), pabuç gagalı (Turkish), китоголо́в (kytoholóv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), cò mỏ giày (Vietnamese), ciconia pig esgid [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "sense": "wading bird",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "ṣūbil",
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          "word": "ഷൂബിൽ"
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          "lang": "Navajo",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trzewikodziób"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bico-de-tamanco"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "word": "pasărea sabot"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "китогла́в"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "korolévskaja cáplja",
          "sense": "wading bird",
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            "feminine"
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        },
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          "code": "stq",
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          "word": "Schousnoabel"
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          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "word": "shaebill"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "corra bròg-ghobach"
        },
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "рода ципеларка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "roda cipelarka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "člnozobec kráľovský"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "čevljekljun"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "picozapato"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "träskonäbb"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "kālaṇi-alaku nārai",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "word": "காலணி-அலகு நாரை"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "nók grà-săa bpàak plûa",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "word": "นกกระสาปากพลั่ว"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "word": "pabuç gagalı"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kytoholóv",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "китоголо́в"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "word": "cò mỏ giày"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "wading bird",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ciconia pig esgid"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃu.bɪl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shoebill"
}
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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
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        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Saterland Frisian translations",
        "Terms with Scots translations",
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        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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          "text": "The Shoebill is distinctive in many aspects of its biology, and is thus, we feel, most appropriately placed in its own family, the Balaenicipitidae (L. Buxton et al. 1978, Kahl 1979a). The fact that we have included it in this book, while excluding the Hamerkop, indicates that we believe the Shoebill to be closer to the storks (Kahl 1967b, 1979c); however the jury remains out as to how close.",
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          "ref": "2009, Philip Briggs, Janice Booth, Rwanda, 4th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 405:",
          "text": "Nevertheless, Birdlife International recently classified it as near-globally threatened, and it is classed as CITES Appendix 2, which means that trade in shoebills, or their capture for any harmful activity, is forbidden by international law.",
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          "ref": "2014, Jamie Frater, Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists, page 605:",
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      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "skoenbekooievaar"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "أبو مركوب"
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "zütathü̃tia",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "জোতাঠোঁটীয়া"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "beg-botez"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kitoglava čapla",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "китоглава чапла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bec d'esclop"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "鯨頭鸛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīngtóuguàn",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "鲸头鹳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "člunozobec africký"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "træskonæb"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schoenbekooievaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "ŝubekulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "kenkänokka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bec-en-sabot du Nil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abu-markub"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peteiro zapato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vešaṗtava q̇anča",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "ვეშაპთავა ყანჩა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schuhschnabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "falainokéfalos",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φαλαινοκέφαλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "min'alan",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מנעלן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "papucscsőrű madár"
    },
    {
      "code": "inh",
      "lang": "Ingush",
      "roman": "zˀokarmäči",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "зӏокармаьчи"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bróg-ghob"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "becco a scarpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hashibiro-kō",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "ハシビロコウ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "naxanbasty",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "наханбасты"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "neopjeokburihwangsae",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "넓적부리황새"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tupeļknābis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "batasnapis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lg",
      "lang": "Luganda",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "bbuulwe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ṣūbil",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "ഷൂബിൽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "chʼídeeldlóohiitsoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "treskonebb"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "treskonebb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trzewikodziób"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bico-de-tamanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abumarkub"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pasărea sabot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kitogláv",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "китогла́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "korolévskaja cáplja",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "короле́вская ца́пля"
    },
    {
      "code": "stq",
      "lang": "Saterland Frisian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schousnoabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "shaebill"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corra bròg-ghobach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рода ципеларка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roda cipelarka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "člnozobec kráľovský"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čevljekljun"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "picozapato"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "träskonäbb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kālaṇi-alaku nārai",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "காலணி-அலகு நாரை"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nók grà-săa bpàak plûa",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "นกกระสาปากพลั่ว"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "pabuç gagalı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kytoholóv",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "китоголо́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "word": "cò mỏ giày"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "wading bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ciconia pig esgid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shoebill"
}

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