hornbill
/ˈhɔːn.bɪl/US/ˈhɔːɹn.bɪl/
hornbill noun: 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.
Noun
hornbill (plural hornbills)
- 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.2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 408
hornbill meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Assamese
hornbill in Tamil
- இருவாயன், இருவாட்சி, மரத்தலையன், இருதலைப் பட்சி
hornbill in Malayalam
- hornbill, any of the various medium-sized to large tropical birds of the family Bucerotidae, characterised by their large downturned and colourful beaks that resemble a cow's horn. Some species also possess a horny casque on the upper beak
- വേഴാമ്പൽ vēḻāmpal
hornbill in Kannada
- ಮಂಗಟ್ಟೆ
hornbill in Assamese
- bird
- পাকৈঢোঁৰা pakoidhü̃ra, ধনেশ dhonex
More languagesFewer languages
- hornbill in Tagalog
- kalaw
- hornbill in Malay
- enggang
- hornbill in Thai
- นกเงือก nók ngʉ̂ʉak
- hornbill in Vietnamese
- hồng hoàng
Forms of hornbill
| plural | hornbills |
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Origin of hornbill
From horn + bill.
Words formed from hornbill
Questions about hornbill
- What does hornbill mean?
- Hornbill means 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.
- What is hornbill in Tamil?
- Hornbill in Tamil is இருவாயன், இருவாட்சி, மரத்தலையன். See Hornbill meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hornbill?
- Hornbill is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hornbill?
- Hornbill is pronounced /ˈhɔːn.bɪl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hornbill?
- The plural of hornbill is hornbills.
Words near hornbill in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hornbill (page history and authors); hornbill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വേഴാമ്പൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); hornbill (Kannada 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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