The bill of the spoonbill is approximately four times longer than its head. It ends in the shape of…
In Lilliput, the primitive way of breaking eggs before eating them, was upon the larger end.
The spoon-bill tyrant fly-catcher has a large, thick bill, which it uses for feeding on butterflies.
Also called the broad-bill and spoon-bill, the shoveler is commonly found on lakes and rivers, where…
"Roseate Spoonbill-a large grallatorial bird of the genus Platalea, family Plataledidæ, related…
"Spoonbill is the popular name of the birds of the genus Platalea, belonging to the heron family (Ardeidæ),…
Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed to…
"Trua, Trulla, to perforate; a large and flat spoon or ladle, pierced with holes; a trowel. The following…
"Trutina, a general term, including both libra, a balance, and statera, a steelyard. Payments were originally…
An instrument consisting of a small concave basin with a handle, used in preparing or partaking of food.
"An improvement of great importance in the hosiery trade was effected through the invention of the tumbler…
"A machine used for clearing out or deepening the channels of rivers or harbors. Dredging-machines are…
"Head and Appendages of Honey-bee (Apis). a, Antenna or feeler. g, Epipharynx. mxp, Maxillary palp.…
"Morphology of Pitchers. A, ordinary leaf of Cephalotus; B, monstrous leaf with spoon-shaped depression;…
"Spatulate.--Having the form of a spatula; a kind of knife, almost spoon-shaped, but flat." -Newman,…
"The Shoveler is smaller than the common wild duck; it has a very long bill, with the upper mandible…
From Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver finds himself in the land of Brobdingnag, where the people…
The Roman Leaf design is shown as a capital of a column in Pantheon, Rome. The spoon-like roundings…
Echiurus gaertneri is a species of spoon worm considered annelids, though they are not segmented.
This Antique Patera has a lip and is made out of bronze. It is a larger spoon shaped vessel or handled…
The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) is a small wading bird in the Scolopacidae family…
"There were on the breakfast table only a cornstarch pudding, a puny corn-ball, a muffin, some dandelions,…
An illustration of a young boy sitting in a highchair and eating out of a bowl with a spoon.
This Apostle spoon has a handle with the figure of St. Peter (one of twelve apostles). The figure is…
This caddy spoon has a handle that is designed in a sprig of weed that resemble a small water-lily.…
This ice spoon is used to assist the ice tongs in removing carrying ice. The handle terminates with…
This teaspoon is used in a tea-caddy and is carved out of boxwood in a 16th century Italian style. The…
This teaspoon is used in a tea-caddy and is carved out of boxwood in a 16th century Italian style.
"Milvulus forficatus. Swallow-tailed Flycatcher. Scissor-tail. Crown patch orange or scarlet. General…
"Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus. Spoon-billed Sandpiper. General appearance of a stint, and size little greater.…
"European Spoonbill. Platalea leucorodia. Bill long, flat, remarkably widened, rounded, and spoon-shaped…