Definitions for hornbill

hornbill horn·bill

Spelling: [hawrn-bil]
IPA: /ˈhɔrnˌbɪl/

Hornbill is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 140 anagrams from letters in hornbill (bhillnor).

Definitions for hornbill

noun

  1. any large bird of the family Bucerotidae, of the Old World tropics, characterized by a very large bill usually surmounted by a horny protuberance.

Origin of hornbill

First recorded in 1765-75; horn + bill2

Examples for hornbill

If the hornbill be the clown of the forest, the adjutant is the buffoon of the open plain.

The actions of the hornbill are in keeping with its appearance.

"I can swallow a plantain at one gulp," said hornbill proudly.

He wondered whether even the archangels understood the hornbill.

In this case my pet was a hornbill, a bird of discordant note, and with a huge beak, and a box-like crowned head.

The hornbill is famous for the size and shape of its bill, which is very large.

They also brought a curious fighting ornament worn on the head, made of upper bills of the hornbill.

The majority of species of hornbill shun the vicinity of human beings.

Some of them wore on the head the scarlet beak of the hornbill; these had taken heads.

A barbet,” said Murray, giving the bird to one of the men to carry; “but like your hornbill, too common to be worth preserving.

Word Value for hornbill
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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