Home › Words › S › shovelbillshovelbillshovelbill · noun — A bird with a spatulate bill; the shoveler.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom shovel + bill.nounA bird with a spatulate bill; the shoveler.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.broadbill 74% match — Any of several ducks having a broad bill, including the shoveler. vs shovelbill →shoveler 71% match — One who, or that which, shovels. vs shovelbill →spoonie 68% match — A northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata). vs shovelbill →spoonbill 67% match — Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill. vs shovelbill →shovellike 65% match — Resembling or characteristic of a shovel. vs shovelbill →spadebill 64% match — Any of the birds in the genus Platyrinchus vs shovelbill →sharpbill 62% match — A small bird of Central and South America, Oxyruncus cristatus. vs shovelbill →duckbilled 60% match — Having a bill like that of a duck. vs shovelbill →