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sicklebill

Syllabification: (sick·le·bill)
Pronunciation: /ˈsikəlˌbil/

Definition of sicklebill

noun

  • any of a number of birds with a long narrow down-curved bill.
    • a tropical American hummingbird (genus Eutoxeres, family Trochilidae: two species). a New Guinea bird of paradise (two genera in the family Paradisaeidae).

sicklebill in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sicklebill in the British & World English dictionary