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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several birds of paradise of the genus Epimachus of New Guinea, having a long curved bill like a sickle.
- noun Either of two hummingbirds (Eutoxeres aquila or E. condamini) of South and Central America having similar bills.
- noun Any of several other birds with similar sharply curved bills, such as Falculea palliata, a passerine bird of Madagascar.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of various birds whose bill is sickle-shaped or falciform; a saberbill.
- noun The California thrasher, Harporhynchus redivivus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the
sickle-billed hummer . - noun A curlew.
- noun A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several birds with a
sickle -shapedbill
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reesetee commented on the word sicklebill
Obsolete name for the Long-Billed Curlew.
December 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word sicklebill
Also a type of bird of paradise.
December 20, 2007