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OPENBILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does openbill mean?
• OPENBILL (noun)
The noun OPENBILL has 1 sense:
1. stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
Familiarity information: OPENBILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("openbill" is a kind of...):
stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)
Holonyms ("openbill" is a member of...):
Anastomus; genus Anastomus (openbills)
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