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Webster 1913 Edition


Hornbill

Horn′billˊ

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Noun.
(Zool.)
Any bird of the family
Bucerotidæ
, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hornbill

HORN'BILL

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Noun.
A fowl of the genus Buceros,which has a flat bony forehead with two horns; a native of the E. Indies.