ppl. a. [SPOON sb.] Having the shape of a spoon; cochleariform.
1817. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., xxiii. II. 331. At the extremity of each tarsal joint these animals are furnished with a spoon-shaped sucker.
1822. Hortus Anglicus, II. 14. Leaves spoon-shaped.
1884. F. J. Britten, Watch & Clockm., 94. Drills for tempered steel … are generally rounded, or spoon-shaped, as it is called.
