shoebill

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
shoebill
    n 1: large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with
         a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe [syn: {shoebill},
         {shoebird}, {Balaeniceps rex}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Shoebill \Shoe"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
   A large African wading bird ({Balaeniceps 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}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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