
ro·se·ate (rō′zē-ĭt, -āt′)
adj.
- Rose-colored: the roseate glow of dawn.
- Cheerful or bright; optimistic: a roseate outlook.
[From Latin roseus, rosy, from rosa, rose.]
ro′se·ate·ly adv.
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spoon•bill (ˈspunˌbɪl) n.
- any of several large wading birds having a long, flat bill with a spoonlike tip.
- any of various other birds having a similar bill, as the shoveler.
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