Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The New Zealand plover, Anarhynchus frontalis, in which the bill is bent sidewise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl) A New Zealand plover (
Anarhynchus frontalis ), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of thebeak abruptly bent to the right.
Etymologies
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crook + bill
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