"hornbill" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhɔːn.bɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhɔːɹn.bɪl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hornbill.wav Forms: hornbills [plural]
Etymology: From horn + bill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horn|bill}} horn + bill Head templates: {{en-noun}} hornbill (plural hornbills)
  1. Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree. Wikipedia link: hornbill Categories (lifeform): Hoopoes and hornbills Derived forms: Blyth's hornbill, Papuan hornbill, wrinkled hornbill Related terms: ground hornbill, toucan Translations (bird): boskraai (Afrikaans), পাকৈঢোঁৰা (pakoidhü̃ra) (Assamese), ধনেশ (dhonex) (Assamese), likap (Brunei Malay), пти́ца-носоро́г (ptíca-nosoróg) [feminine] (Bulgarian), calau [masculine] (Catalan), 犀鳥 (Chinese Mandarin), 犀鸟 (xīniǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), næsehornsfugl [common-gender] (Danish), bucero (Esperanto), sarvinokka (Finnish), calao [masculine] (French), Nashornvogel [masculine] (German), bucero (Italian), サイチョウ (saichou) (Japanese), 코뿔새 (koppulsae) (Korean), enggang (Malay), tsídii bichʼahtsohí (Navajo), āṭa [masculine] (Pali), dabbimukha [masculine] (Pali), və̆³¹kjɔ̃⁵⁵ (Pela), dzioborożec [masculine] (Polish), calau [masculine] (Portuguese), calao [masculine] (Romanian), пти́ца-носоро́г (ptíca-nosoróg) [feminine] (Russian), cálao [masculine] (Spanish), kalaw (Tagalog), นกเงือก (nók ngʉ̂ʉak) (Thai), hồng hoàng (Vietnamese)

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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пти́ца-носоро́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bird",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cálao"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "bird",
      "word": "kalaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nók ngʉ̂ʉak",
      "sense": "bird",
      "word": "นกเงือก"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "bird",
      "word": "hồng hoàng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hornbill"
}

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