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Noun: shoebill  'shoo,bil
  1. Large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
    - shoebird, Balaeniceps rex

Derived forms: shoebills

Type of: wader, wading bird

Part of: Balaeniceps, genus Balaeniceps

Encyclopedia: Shoebill