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adzebill

adzebill noun: either of two bird species of the extinct family †Aptornithidae, once endemic to New Zealand.

adzebill: either of two bird species of the extinct family †Aptornithidae, once endemic to New Zealand
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Noun

adzebill (plural adzebills)

  1. Either of two bird species of the extinct family †Aptornithidae, once endemic to New Zealand.
    • But other large birds were slaughtered – the flightless goose, an enormous rail now known as the adzebill, swans and pelicans, all of them, like the moa, exploited to the point of extinction after little more than 100 years.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 51

adzebill meaning in Tamil

adzebill in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்பட்ட பறவை, இனமாகும்

Forms of adzebill

pluraladzebills

Origin of adzebill

From adze + bill.

Words formed from adzebill

  • North Island adzebill
  • South Island adzebill

Questions about adzebill

What does adzebill mean?
Adzebill means either of two bird species of the extinct family †Aptornithidae, once endemic to New Zealand.
What is adzebill in Tamil?
Adzebill in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்பட்ட பறவை, இனமாகும். See Adzebill meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adzebill?
Adzebill is a noun.
What is the plural of adzebill?
The plural of adzebill is adzebills.

Words near adzebill in the dictionary

  1. adze
  2. adze hoe
  3. adze hoes
  4. adze-eye hammer
  5. adze-eye hammers
  6. adzebill
  7. adzebills
  8. adzed
  9. adzelike
  10. adzer
  11. Adzera

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: adzebill (page history and authors); adzebill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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