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hornbill

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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horn·bill /ˈhɔːnˌbɪl $ ˈhɔːrn-/ noun [countable]  HBBa tropical bird with a very large beak 犀鸟
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hornbillParticipants will see the orangutans at Sepilok Sanctuary, proboscis monkeys and hornbills at Sukau and the market at Sandakan.Its fruit are about the size and colour of small oranges, and squirrels and hornbills feed on the fleshy pulp.Cotswold Wildlife Park has had particular success in breeding hornbills.Among the feathered residents are flamingos, toucans, kookaburras, egrets, brown pelicans, hornbills and trumpeter swans.As the Dipterocarps disappear, he said, so inevitably will the hornbills.
horn·bill nounChineseSyllable
very tropical Corpus a bird with beak a large


hornbill
hornbill /ˈhɔːnˌbɪl $ ˈhɔːrn-/ noun [countable]
a tropical bird with a very large beak


horn·billBrE /ˈhɔːnbɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɔːrnbɪl/ 🔊 nouna tropical bird with a very large curved beak 犀鸟(热带鸟类)