| spoon | 1. An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food. ""Therefore behoveth him a full long spoon That shall eat with a fiend," thus heard I say." (Chaucer) "He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil." (Shak) 2. Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; especially. A spoon bait. 3. A simpleton; a spooney. Spoon bait, a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached. Spoon bit, a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side. Spoon net, a net for landing fish. Spoon oar. See under Oar. Origin: OE. Spon, AS. Spn, a chip; akin to D. Spaan, G. Span, Dan. Spaan, Sw. Span, Icel. Spann, sponn, a chip, a spoon. Cf. Span-new. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| spoon nail | <clinical sign> Dystrophy of the fingernails, sometimes associated with iron deficiency anaemia, in which they are thin and concave, with the edges raises. Synonym: spoon nail. (15 Nov 1997) |
| spoon-billed | <zoology> Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spoonbill | <ornithology> Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip. The roseate spoonbill of America (Ajaja ajaja), and the European spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) are the best known. The royal spoonbill (P. Regia) of Australia is white, with the skin in front of the eyes naked and black. The male in the breeding season has a fine crest. The shoveler. See Shoveler. The ruddy duck. See Ruddy. The paddlefish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spoonwood | <botany> The mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spoonworm | <zoology> A gephyrean worm of the genus Thalassema, having a spoonlike probiscis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| spoonwort | <botany> Scurvy grass. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| cataract spoon | A small concave instrument for removing a cataractous lens. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Volkmann's spoon | A sharp spoon for scraping away carious bone or other diseased tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| heart-spoon | A part of the breastbone. "He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke." (Chaucer) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sharp spoon | An instrument with a small cup-shaped extremity having sharpened edges, used for scraping skin lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Daviel's spoon | A small oval-shaped instrument for removing the remains of a cataract after discission. (05 Mar 2000) |