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hard-bill

hard-bill noun: a bird species which has a hard, strong bill, to feed (mainly) on seeds and/or nuts.

Noun

hard-bill (plural hard-bills)

  1. A bird species which has a hard, strong bill, to feed (mainly) on seeds and/or nuts
    • As the ultimate hard-bills, woodpeckers even use their steel-hard bill to drill homes in solid trees
    Synonyms:
    seedeater

Synonyms of hard-bill

Antonyms

  • soft-bill

Forms of hard-bill

pluralhard-bills

Questions about hard-bill

What does hard-bill mean?
Hard-bill means a bird species which has a hard, strong bill, to feed (mainly) on seeds and/or nuts.
What part of speech is hard-bill?
Hard-bill is a noun.
What is the plural of hard-bill?
The plural of hard-bill is hard-bills.

Words near hard-bill in the dictionary

  1. hard-arses
  2. hard-ass
  3. hard-assed
  4. hard-assery
  5. hard-asses
  6. hard-bill
  7. hard-bills
  8. hard-bitten
  9. hard-block
  10. hard-blocked
  11. hard-blocking

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