Meanings
nounhornbill (plural hornbills)
plural hornbills
- 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.
I saw what they were, hornbills, white head with a black streak of feather on top, a long grey tail, and a huge red beak that curved down, bigger than his head.
2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 408
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans boskraai
- boskraaibird
Bulgarian пти́ца-носоро́г
- пти́ца-носоро́г (ptíca-nosoróg)bird
Catalan calau
- calaubird
Chinese Mandarin 犀鳥 /犀鸟
- 犀鳥 /犀鸟 (xīniǎo)bird
Danish næsehornsfugl
- næsehornsfuglbird
Dutch neushoornvogel
- neushoornvogelbird
Esperanto bucero
- bucerobird
Finnish sarvinokka
- sarvinokkabird
French calao
- calaobird
German Nashornvogel
- Nashornvogelbird
Italian bucero
- bucerobird
Japanese サイチョウ
- サイチョウ (saichou)bird
Korean 코뿔새
- 코뿔새 (koppulsae)bird
Malay enggang
- enggangbird
Polish dzioborożec
- dzioborożecbird
Portuguese calau
- calaubird
Romanian calao
- calaobird
Russian пти́ца-носоро́г
- пти́ца-носоро́г (ptíca-nosoróg)bird
Spanish cálao
- cálaobird
Tagalog kalaw
- kalawbird
Thai นกเงือก
- นกเงือก (nók ngʉ̂ʉak)bird
Vietnamese hồng hoàng
- hồng hoàngbird
Welsh cornbig
- cornbigbird
Cite this entry
APA
hornbill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hornbill
MLA
“hornbill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hornbill. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hornbill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hornbill.
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