hornbilln.

Brit.

/ˈhɔːnbɪl/, U.S.

/ˈhɔrnˌbɪl/

Etymology: < horn n. + bill n.²

A bird of the family Bucerotidæ, so called from the horn-like excrescence surmounting the bill.Formerly called horned crow, horned pie n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Bucerotidae (hornbill)

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1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds p. xxix. and 8.

1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 341.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 255 The Hornbill Tribe..have all singularly-disproportioned beaks.

1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 167 The enormous beak of the hornbill..forms one enormous air-cell.

1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 435 The Hornbills, of which more than 60 species have been described, form a very natural and in some respects an isolated group.

Compounds

hornbill cuckoo n. the keel-billed cuckoo, Crotophaga, of North America.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hornbill
释义	hornbilln. Brit. /ˈhɔːnbɪl/, U.S. /ˈhɔrnˌbɪl/ Etymology: < horn n. + bill n.² A bird of the family Bucerotidæ, so called from the horn-like excrescence surmounting the bill.Formerly called horned crow, horned pie n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Coraciiformes (kingfisher, etc.) > [noun] > family Bucerotidae (hornbill) hornbill1773 toucan1816 1773 T. Pennant Genera of Birds p. xxix. and 8. 1781 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds I. i. 341. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. II. 255 The Hornbill Tribe..have all singularly-disproportioned beaks. 1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 167 The enormous beak of the hornbill..forms one enormous air-cell. 1893 A. Newton et al. Dict. Birds: Pt. II 435 The Hornbills, of which more than 60 species have been described, form a very natural and in some respects an isolated group. Compounds hornbill cuckoo n. the keel-billed cuckoo, Crotophaga, of North America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1773
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