hawkbilln.
1. A species of turtle; = hawk's-bill n. 1.
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the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Cheloniidae > member of genus Eretmochelys (hawk's-bill)
hawk's-bill turtle1657
whooping turtle1712
hawkbilla1757
tortoiseshell turtle1886
a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) xii. 424–5 Many sorts of tortoises, of which the hawk-bill is the most valuable for its fine shell.
1885 C. F. Holder Marvels Animal Life 27 I found a hawk-bill turtle lying on the surface.
2. An instrument. (See quots.)
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society > occupation and work > equipment > pliers and nippers > [noun] > types of
bender1496
wire pliers1675
wire-cutter1794
side nippers1846
long-nose pliers1872
hawkbill1875
flat pliers1881
parrotbill1971
burr-nipper-
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Hawk-bill, a pliers with curved nose, to hold pieces in blow-pipe soldering.
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Hawk-bill-tooth-saw, a saw having a curving, hooked saw-tooth, somewhat resembling the upper mandible of the hawk.
Derivatives
hawk-billed adj. having a mouth like a hawk's beak, as the hawk-billed turtle (= hawk's-bill n.).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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