sicklebill

noun

Definition of sicklebill

: any of various birds with a strongly curved bill: such as

a : curlew specifically : hen curlew

b : any of several thrashers especially : california thrasher

c : a bird of paradise of the genus Drepanornis

d : a saberbill of the genus Campylorhamphus

e : any of several Hawaiian birds of the family Drepanididae and especially of the genus Drepanis

f : a South and Central American hummingbird of the genus Eutoxeres

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