shoebird

1. 1.

   large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe

   SynonymsshoebillBalaeniceps rex

   Broaderwading bird

   Part ofBalaeniceps

Other forms of shoebird

plural

shoebirds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shoebird

What does shoebird mean?

shoebird means "large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe".

How many syllables are in shoebird?

shoebird has 3 syllables: sho-e-bird. The stress falls on "sho".

What is another word for shoebird?

Close synonyms include shoebill, Balaeniceps rex. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shoebird a common word?

shoebird is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.