spikebill
English
Etymology
From
spike
+
bill
.
Noun
spikebill
(
plural
spikebills
)
(
dated
)
A
hooded merganser
(
Lophodytes cucullatus
).
A
marbled godwit
(
Limosa fedoa
).
References
“
spikebill
”, in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
, Springfield, Mass.:
G. & C. Merriam
,
1913
,
→OCLC
.