hornbill

noun

horn·bill ˈhȯrn-ˌbil

: any of a family (Bucerotidae) of large nonpasserine birds of Africa and Eurasia having enormous bills

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The opportunity to get bitten by a ground hornbill presented itself to me... —

Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 July 2011 According to Malaysian legend, hornbill spoons and buttons would change color in the presence of poison. —

Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2013 Jürgen Hooper also impressively multitasks as actor and puppeteer playing Zazu, the hornbill bird who is Mafa’s chief of staff. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 The habitats of species like the great hornbill and the Indian spotted eagle – already in global decline – have come under increasing threat in the region due to highway traffic, construction, logging, poaching, and hunting. —

Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2022 In Sagaing Division, in the foothills of the Himalayas, a man from the Naga ethnic group wearing a fur hat garnished with hornbill feathers and boar tusks raised his arm in a defiant salute. —

Hannah Beech, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2021 The male helmeted hornbill finished his parenting duties alone. —

Yao-hua Law, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2020 Delhiites are now spotting rare birds like gray hornbills and red-throated flycatchers. —

Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 21 Apr. 2020 The two seem to be hitting it off already, the zoo said, spending a lot of time together on Kiden’s first day in the enclosure, an area that also includes Speke’s gazelle and southern ground hornbills. —

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