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crookbill

crookbill noun: wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis).

Noun

crookbill (plural crookbills)

  1. (archaic) wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis).

Forms of crookbill

pluralcrookbills

Origin of crookbill

From crook + bill.

Questions about crookbill

What does crookbill mean?
Crookbill means wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis).
What part of speech is crookbill?
Crookbill is a noun.
What is the plural of crookbill?
The plural of crookbill is crookbills.

Words near crookbill in the dictionary

  1. crook one's elbow
  2. Crookayan
  3. crookback
  4. crookbacked
  5. crookbacks
  6. crookbill
  7. crookbills
  8. Crooke
  9. crooked
  10. crooked as a barrel of fish hooks
  11. crooked as a barrel of snakes

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