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Hornbill

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Noun

1. hornbill

bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hornbill

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noun
any bird of the family Bucerotidae of tropical Africa and Asia, having a very large bill with a basal bony protuberance: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc)

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Hornbill

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noun
any of a family (Bucerotidae) of large, tropical, Old World coraciiform birds with partly united toes and a huge, curved bill, often with a bony protuberance

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hornbill

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n.
Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae of tropical Asia and Africa, having a very large bill often with an enlarged protuberance at the base.

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