This duck is smaller than a common duck with a long beak with a spoon shape ventrally.

Shoveller

This duck is smaller than a common duck with a long beak with a spoon shape ventrally.

The bill of the spoonbill is approximately four times longer than its head. It ends in the shape of a spoon, hence its name.

Spoonbill

The bill of the spoonbill is approximately four times longer than its head. It ends in the shape of…

Trolling spoon.

Fishing

Trolling spoon.

Trolling spoon.

Fishing

Trolling spoon.

Highly decorative carved wooden spoon.

Carved Wooden Spoon

Highly decorative carved wooden spoon.

Carved wood perfume spoon.

Carved Wooden Perfume Spoon

Carved wood perfume spoon.

In Lilliput, the primitive way of breaking eggs before eating them, was upon the larger end.

Broken Eggs

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.

Spoonbill Tyrant Flycatcher

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 it forages for worms and other food on the muddy banks.

Shoveler

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 to the ibis."-Whitney, 1902

Spoonbill

"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), order Grallatores, from the shape of the bill, which is somewhat like a spoon, being curiously widened out at the tip. Live in society in wooded marshes, and on the sea-shore. Adult male is about 32 inches long; plumage white with pale pink tinge; at the junction of the neck with the breast there is a band of buffy yellow; the naked skin on the throat is yellow; legs and feet black; bill about eight inches long, very much flattened and grooved at the base, the expanded portion yellow, the rest black. There is a white occipital crest in both sexes. The spoonbill possesses no power of modulating its voice. The windpipe is bent on itself, like the figure 8 , the coils applied to each other and held in place by a thin membrane. This peculiarity does not exist in young birds. The roseate spoonbill, a native of the United States, has rose-colored plumage."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Spoonbill

"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 see the sport, while the dish ran away with the spoon.

Dish and Spoon

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 woodcut represents such a ladle." &mdash Smith; 1873

Trua

"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 made by weighing, not by counting. Hence a balance was preserved n the temple of Saturn at Rome. The following wood-cut represents a remarkably beautiful statera, which is preserved in the museum of the Capitol at Rome. " &mdash Smith; 1873

Trutina

"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.

Spoon

An instrument consisting of a small concave basin with a handle, used in preparing or partaking of food.

A small spoon used in drinking tea and other beverages.

Teaspoon

A small spoon used in drinking tea and other beverages.

One of the larger or largest spoons used at the table.

Table-spoon

One of the larger or largest spoons used at the table.

A ship used for lifting mud and silt from the bottom of rivers, harbors, and canals.

Dredging Ship

A ship used for lifting mud and silt from the bottom of rivers, harbors, and canals.

A large bird with the tip of its bill shaped like that of a spoon.

Spoonbill

A large bird with the tip of its bill shaped like that of a spoon.

"An improvement of great importance in the hosiery trade was effected through the invention of the tumbler needle, patented by Mr. M. Townsend in 1858. The tumbler needle consists of a stem somewhat bulged near the point. The bulged part contains a groove in which there is hinged a short pin. The pin is so placed that, when turned to the hooked or curved point, its own point falls into a spoon-like indent, thus forming a smooth metal loop." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Tumbler Needle

"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 variously constructed, the simplest being like the oyster-dredge described above, only having a perforated cowhide bag instead of the chain-net, and a stronger 'spoon' or iron mouth to the bag." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Dredge Machine

"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. pg, Opposite to galeae of 2nd maxillae (labium). mx, 1st maxilla. lp, Labial palp. l, Ligula or "tongue." b, Bouton or spoon of the ligula." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910

Honey Bee

"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; C and D, other abnormal forms more deeply pouched, showing formation of pitcher; E, ordinary pitcher of Cephalotus; F, pitcher of Nepenthes; G, pitcher of Sarracenia; a, apex of leaf." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Pitchers

"Morphology of Pitchers. A, ordinary leaf of Cephalotus; B, monstrous leaf with spoon-shaped depression;…

"The little dog laughed to see such sport.And the dish ran away with the spoon."

Hey Diddle Diddle

"The little dog laughed to see such sport. And the dish ran away with the spoon."

"Spatulate.--Having the form of a spatula; a kind of knife, almost spoon-shaped, but flat." -Newman, 1850

Spatulate Leaf

"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 of a semicylindrical shape, dilated at its extremity, somewhat in the form of a small spoon."

The Shoveler

"The Shoveler is smaller than the common wild duck; it has a very long bill, with the upper mandible…

An illustration of a spoon.

Spoon

An illustration of a spoon.

From Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver finds himself in the land of Brobdingnag, where the people there are sixty feet tall.

Gulliver's Travels

From Swift's Gulliver's Travels, Gulliver finds himself in the land of Brobdingnag, where the people…

An Egyptian carved wooden spoon with cover.

Carved Wooden Spoon with Cover

An Egyptian carved wooden spoon with cover.

The Roman Leaf design is shown as a capital of a column in Pantheon, Rome. The spoon-like roundings of the points of the leaves, as well as the deep incisions are designed to look good from a distance.

Roman Leaf

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.

Spoon Worm

Echiurus gaertneri is a species of spoon worm considered annelids, though they are not segmented.

This Egyptian spoon is plainly decorated and partly painted.

Egyptian Spoon

This Egyptian spoon is plainly decorated and partly painted.

This Egyptian spoon is plainly decorated and partly painted.

Egyptian Spoon

This Egyptian spoon is plainly decorated and partly painted.

This Egyptian spoon is richly decorated and partly painted.

Richly Decorated Egyptian Spoon

This Egyptian spoon is richly decorated and partly painted.

This Egyptian spoon is richly decorated and partly painted.

Egyptian Spoon

This Egyptian spoon is richly decorated and partly painted.

This Antique Patera has a lip and is made out of bronze. It is a larger spoon shaped vessel or handled dish typically used for religious purposes.

Antique Patera

This Antique Patera has a lip and is made out of bronze. It is a larger spoon shaped vessel or handled…

This Antique simpula is a right angled spoon.

Antique Simpula

This Antique simpula is a right angled spoon.

This Antique simpula is a right angled spoon.

Antique Simpula

This Antique simpula is a right angled spoon.

This Antique spoon-like vessel is made out of bronze.

Assyrian Spoon-Like Vessel

This Antique spoon-like vessel is made out of bronze.

The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) is a small wading bird in the Scolopacidae family of waders.

Spoon-Billed

The Spoon-Billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) is a small wading bird in the Scolopacidae family…

An illustration of a spoon.

Spoon

An illustration of a spoon.

"There were on the breakfast table only a cornstarch pudding, a puny corn-ball, a muffin, some dandelions, a flat pickle, a sharp apple-pie, a tin plate, and iron spoon." -Trowbridge, 1866

Food Rebus

"There were on the breakfast table only a cornstarch pudding, a puny corn-ball, a muffin, some dandelions,…

An illustration of a man dropping a spoon.

Man Dropping Spoon

An illustration of a man dropping a spoon.

An illustration of a young boy sitting in a highchair and eating out of a bowl with a spoon.

Boy Sitting in Highchair & Eating

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 elevated by a rotating design.

Apostle Spoon

This Apostle spoon has a handle with the figure of St. Peter (one of twelve apostles). The figure is…

This egg-spoon has spiraling vine branches on the handle.

Spoon, Egg

This egg-spoon has spiraling vine branches on the handle.

This dessert spoon has a handle that is composed of vine branches.

Dessert Spoon

This dessert spoon has a handle that is composed of vine branches.

This caddy spoon has a handle that is designed in a sprig of weed that resemble a small water-lily. This spoon was used for measuring tea leaves.

Caddy Spoon

This caddy spoon has a handle that is designed in a sprig of weed that resemble a small water-lily.…

This caddy spoon in the shape of a flower, is made with gilt (thin layer of gold).

Caddy Spoon

This caddy spoon in the shape of a flower, is made with gilt (thin layer of gold).

This ice spoon is used to assist the ice tongs in removing carrying ice. The handle terminates with a figure and the bowl of the spoon has a leaf design.

Ice Spoon

This ice spoon is used to assist the ice tongs in removing carrying ice. The handle terminates with…

This dessert spoon has a simple elegant design.

Dessert Spoon

This dessert spoon has a simple elegant design.

The spoon is used as an eating utensil.

Spoon

The spoon is used as an eating utensil.

The spoon is used to eat food.

Spoon

The spoon is used to eat food.

The spoon is used to eat food.

Spoon

The spoon is used to eat food.

This teaspoon is used in a tea-caddy and is carved out of boxwood in a 16th century Italian style. The bottom of the spoon has a sea-shell shape and a carved leaf design on its back.

Teaspoon

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.

Teaspoon

This teaspoon is used in a tea-caddy and is carved out of boxwood in a 16th century Italian style.

An antique spoon from Lucerne, Switzerland in 1907.

Swiss Spoon

An antique spoon from Lucerne, Switzerland in 1907.

"Milvulus forficatus. Swallow-tailed Flycatcher. Scissor-tail. Crown patch orange or scarlet. General color hoary-ash, paler or white below; sides at insertion of wings scarlet or bloody-red, and other parts of the body variously tinged with the same, or a paler salmon-red. Wings blackish, with whitish edgings. Tail black, but several of the long feathers extensively white or rosy; these are narrow and linear, sometimes widening somewhat in spoon-shape." Elliot Coues, 1884

Swallow-tailed Flycatcher

"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. Coloration of upper parts almost exactly as in the species just names, the feathers being black, with indented light chestnut-red edgings, and mostly grayish-white tips; crown simply streaked with the reddish color and black. Under parts white, the whole throat, breast, and sides of the neck overlaid with bright chestnut (as in a highly-plumaged sanderling), the breast, back of this colored area, and the sides of the body, spotted with dusky. Primaries plain dusky, with blackish outer webs and ends, and mostly white shafts; secondaries mostly white from the base; greater coverts white-tipped. Bill and feet black." Elliot Coues, 1884

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

"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 at the end. Birds of this group are known at a glance, by the singularity of the bill; they closely resemble the foregoing in structure and habit, being simply spoon-billed Ibises. The trachea is peculiarly convoluted within the thorax." Elliot Coues, 1884

European Spoonbill

"European Spoonbill. Platalea leucorodia. Bill long, flat, remarkably widened, rounded, and spoon-shaped…