shoebill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shoebill	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shoebill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shoebill n large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe Synonym(s): shoebill, shoebird, Balaeniceps rex
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shoebill \Shoe"bill`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A large African wading bird ({Bal[91]niceps rex}) allied to the storks and herons, and remarkable for its enormous broad swollen bill. It inhabits the valley of the White Nile. See Illust. (l.) of {Beak}.