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HORNBILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hornbill mean?
• HORNBILL (noun)
The noun HORNBILL has 1 sense:
1. bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
Familiarity information: HORNBILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("hornbill" is a kind of...):
coraciiform bird (chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes)
Holonyms ("hornbill" is a member of...):
Bucerotidae; family Bucerotidae (hornbills)
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