hornbill

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhɔːn.bɪl/
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/ˈhɔːn.bɪl/ · /ˈhɔːɹn.bɪl/(US)

Definition of hornbill

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.
    “I saw what they were, hornbills, white head with a black streak of feather on top, a long grey tail, and a huge red beak that curved down, bigger than his head.”

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Etymology

From horn + bill.

Hooks

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