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Hornbill   /hˈɔrnbˌɪl/   Listen
Hornbill

noun
1.
Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers.





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... infest the villages of Mekeo; and even these Mafulu dogs are, I was told, not truly a Mafulu institution, having been obtained by the people, I think, only recently from their Kuni neighbours. A tame cockatoo may also very occasionally be seen, and even, though still more rarely, a tame hornbill. There are no ...
— The Mafulu - Mountain People of British New Guinea • Robert W. Williamson


Words linked to "Hornbill" :   coraciiform bird, family Bucerotidae, Bucerotidae


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