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    A hornbill is a bird you meet in hot parts of Asia and Africa. What you notice first is the : it is huge, and on many kinds there is an extra lump on top that looks a bit like a horn. They are not tiny garden birds; some are as big as a small turkey. In Taiwan you may know them from the zoo or from nature films, not from the street. The name is simply “horn” plus “bill,” and bill here means a bird’s .

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組成horn + bill. Bill here is a bird’s beak. Named for the huge beak, which can look a bit like a horn.

同家族的字

  • hornthe hard material on an animal’s head — the beak looks a bit like one
  • billanother word for a bird’s beak, not a money bill

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hornbillnoun/ˈhɔːn.bɪl/

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    Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.

    • I saw what they were, hornbills, white head with a black streak of feather on top, a long grey tail, and a huge red beak that curved down, bigger than his head.

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