hornbill

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tropical African or Asian bird with a very large curved bill, often topped by a hollow casque

   The male hornbill passed food through the narrow opening of the sealed nest cavity.

A compound of horn and bill, named for the hornlike casque carried above the large bill in many species. Hornbills belong to the family Bucerotidae, a name formed from Greek boukeros, "ox-horned."

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