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shoebill en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈʃu.bɪl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From shoe + bill.

Meanings

1. Balaeniceps rex, a tall wading bird related to the stork, native to tropical African swamps; the sole species of the family Balaenicipitidae.
   • The monstrous and awesome shoebill is possibly the most bizarre bird on the African continent. 2014, Jamie Frater, Listverse.com's Epic Book of Mind-Boggling Lists, page 605:
   • 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. 2009, Philip Briggs, Janice Booth, Rwanda, 4th edition, Bradt Travel Guides, page 405:
   • 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. 1992, James Hancock, James A. Kushlan, M. Philip Kahl, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World, published 2010, unnumbered page:

Forms

Synonyms

whalehead (Balaeniceps rex)

Translations (56)

bg китоглава чапла (wading bird) · vi cò mỏ giày (wading bird) · tr pabuç gagalı (wading bird) · sh roda cipelarka (wading bird) · fr bec-en-sabot du Nil (wading bird) · el φαλαινοκέφαλος (wading bird) · th นกกระสาปากพลั่ว (wading bird) · cmn 鯨頭鸛 /鲸头鹳 (wading bird) · pt bico-de-tamanco (wading bird) · fr abu-markub (wading bird) · ko 넓적부리황새 (wading bird) · as জোতাঠোঁটীয়া (wading bird) · ka ვეშაპთავა ყანჩა (wading bird) · sv träskonäbb (wading bird) · lt batasnapis (wading bird) · he מנעלן (wading bird) · sl čevljekljun (wading bird) · fi kenkänokka (wading bird) · de Schuhschnabel (wading bird) · br beg-botez (wading bird) · nl schoenbekooievaar (wading bird) · sh рода ципеларка (wading bird) · ja 嘴広鸛 (wading bird) · da træskonæb (wading bird) · lg bbuulwe (wading bird) · nv chʼídeeldlóohiitsoh (wading bird) · sco shaebill (wading bird) · gd corra bròg-ghobach (wading bird) · hu papucscsőrű madár (wading bird) · af skoenbekooievaar (wading bird) · kk наханбасты (wading bird) · ro pasărea sabot (wading bird) · inh зIокармаьчи (wading bird) · ga bróg-ghob (wading bird) · cs člunozobec africký (wading bird) · ml ഷൂബിൽ (wading bird) · ca bec d'esclop (wading bird) · eo ŝubekulo (wading bird) · ro abumarkub (wading bird) · it becco a scarpa (wading bird) · lv tupeļknābis (wading bird) · stq Schousnoabel (wading bird) · nn treskonebb (wading bird) · ar أبو مركوب (wading bird) · es picozapato (wading bird) · sk člnozobec kráľovský (wading bird) · uk китоголо́в (wading bird) · pl trzewikodziób (wading bird) · cy ciconia pig esgid (wading bird) · nb treskonebb (wading bird) · sq lejleku sqepgjerë (wading bird) · gl peteiro zapato (wading bird) · ta காலணி-அலகு நாரை (wading bird) · ast picozapato (wading bird) · ru короле́вская ца́пля (wading bird) · ru китогла́в (wading bird)