hookbill

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noun

Any of various parrots with a hooked bill for climbing and for crushing nuts and seeds.

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Meanings

nounhookbill (plural hookbills)

plural hookbills

  1. Any of various parrots with a hooked bill for climbing and for crushing nuts and seeds.

Origin

From hook + bill.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

billhook
Cite this entry
APA

hookbill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hookbill

MLA

“hookbill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hookbill. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hookbill,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hookbill.

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