"crookbill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crookbills [plural]
Etymology: crook + bill Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crook|bill}} crook + bill Head templates: {{en-noun}} crookbill (plural crookbills)
  1. A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right. Categories (lifeform): Plovers and lapwings Synonyms: wrybill

Inflected forms

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