OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 16578

hornbill

/ˈhɔːn.bɪl/
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Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.
I saw what they were, hornbills, white head with a black streak of feather on top, a long grey tail, and a huge red beak that curved down, bigger than his head.
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