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Hornbill

/ˈhɔːn.bɪl/

Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horn. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.

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Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horn. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.

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rhinocerosnoun	Any large herbivorous ungulate mammal native to Africa and Asia of the family Rhinocerotidae, with thick, gray skin and one or two horns on their snouts.
bucerotidnoun	(zoology) Any bird in the family Bucerotidae, the hornbills.
ground hornbillnoun	Either of two large African ground-dwelling birds in the family Bucorvidae.
rhinoceros birdnoun	hornbill (Bucerotidae spp.)
hookbillnoun	Any of various parrots with a hooked bill for climbing and for crushing nuts and seeds.
horned pienoun	(dated) The hornbill (Bucerotidae)
bill-birdnoun	Alternative form of bill bird. [(obsolete) A toucan.]
openbillnoun	Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
hook-billnoun	Alternative form of hookbill. [Any of various parrots with a hooked bill for climbing and for crushing nuts and seeds.]
bristlebillnoun	Any of various African bulbuls of the genus Bleda, family Pycnonotidae.
papuan hornbillnoun	Synonym of Blyth's hornbill.
boatbillnoun	A form of heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, native to Central and South America
homrainoun	(archaic) A bird, the great hornbill (Buceros bicornis).
bentbillnoun	Any of the tropical birds in the genus Oncostoma, found in Central and South America.
year-birdnoun	Blyth's hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus)
rhinothecanoun	The hornlike covering of the upper part of a bird's beak.
hard-billnoun	A bird species which has a hard, strong bill, to feed (mainly) on seeds and/or nuts
burhinidnoun	(ornithology) Any bird in the family Burhinidae, the stone curlews and thick-knees.
hornowlnoun	(rare) A horned owl.
thornbillnoun	Any of the passerine birds of the genus Acanthiza, native to Australia.