“thick-billed”

The following 2 entries include the term thick-billed.

thick-billed murre

noun

: a widely distributed murre (Uria lomvia) with a rather short distinctly thick bill

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thick-billed parrot

noun

: a parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) of northern Mexico and southwestern U.S. that is green marked with red

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