"bill hook" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bill hooks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bill hook (plural bill hooks)
  1. A spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
    Sense id: en-bill_hook-en-noun-en:office_tool_similar_to_spindle Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. (ornithology) A sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species. Categories (topical): Ornithology
    Sense id: en-bill_hook-en-noun-en:part_of_beak_of_certain_hatchlings Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 77 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 85 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 90 6 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
  3. Alternative form of billhook Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: billhook
    Sense id: en-bill_hook-en-noun-ciGxgIh3

Inflected forms

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