spinebill

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noun

Either of the Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus, types of honeyeaters.

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Meanings

nounspinebill (plural spinebills)

plural spinebills · alternative spine-bill

  1. Either of the Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus, types of honeyeaters.

Origin

  1. translingualAcanthorhynchus
  2. Englishspinebill

From spine + bill, possibly as a calque of translingual Acanthorhynchus, which was coined at around the same time.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

spinebill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinebill

MLA

“spinebill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinebill. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spinebill,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spinebill.

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