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hook-bill

hook-bill is the alternative form of hookbill.

Meaning of hookbill

Noun

hookbill (plural hookbills)

  1. Any of various parrots with a hooked bill for climbing and for crushing nuts and seeds.

Forms of hook-bill

pluralhook-bills

Questions about hook-bill

What is hook-bill the alternative form of?
Hook-bill is the alternative form of hookbill.

Words near hook-bill in the dictionary

  1. hook-and-loop
  2. hook-and-loop fastener
  3. hook-and-loop fasteners
  4. hook-and-loops
  5. hook-and-pile fastener
  6. hook-bill
  7. hook-eared
  8. hook-eared sculpin
  9. hook-eared sculpins
  10. hook-nosed
  11. hook-up

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