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单词 sicklebill
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sicklebill

[ sik-uhl-bil ]
/ ˈsɪk əlˌbɪl /

noun

any of various birds having a long, curved bill, as the long-billed curlew or curve-billed thrasher.

Origin of sicklebill

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; sickle + bill2

Words nearby sicklebill

sick in bed, sickish, sick joke, sickle, sick leave, sicklebill, sickle cell, sickle-cell anaemia, sickle cell anemia, sickle cell C disease, sickle cell disease
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British Dictionary definitions for sicklebill

sicklebill
/ (ˈsɪkəlˌbɪl) /

noun

any of various birds having a markedly curved bill, such as Falculea palliata, a Madagascan bird of the family Vangidae, Hemignathus procerus, a Hawaiian honey creeper, and certain hummingbirds and birds of paradise
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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