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hornbills

hornbills is the plural of hornbill.

Meaning of hornbill

Noun

hornbill (plural hornbills)

  1. 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

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Questions about hornbills

What is hornbills the plural of?
Hornbills is the plural of hornbill.

Words near hornbills in the dictionary

  1. Hornbeck
  2. Hornbecks
  3. Hornberger
  4. Hornbergers
  5. hornbill
  6. hornbills
  7. hornblende
  8. hornblendes
  9. hornblendic
  10. hornblendite
  11. hornblendites

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