noun.
Any of several dabbling ducks of the genus Anas having long broad bills used to strain food from mud and water, especially the widely distributed species A. clypeata.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
One who shovels.
noun.
A duck, Spatula clypeata, having a very broad bill which widens toward the end.
noun.
The spoonbill Platalea leucorodia.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
One who, or that which, shovels.
noun.
A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill, shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck (S. rhynchotis), is a similar species.