shoebill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe
    shoebird; Balaeniceps rex.

WordNet

Shoe"bill` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large African wading bird (Balæniceps 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.

Webster 1913