hook-billed

I'll spy stellar jays, rufus hummers, and hook-billed thatchers on prickly pear at dusk.

madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2003

Fordus rushed out of the smoke, Northstar and two of the bandits beside him, as the creature took shape out of fire and cloud: an enormous hook-billed bird-its shape that of a condor or vulture, its naked head blistered and ugly, its black eyes glitter-ing like gems.

The Dark Queen Williams, Michael, 1952 Dec. 17- 1994

He pos­sessed a small, hook-billed instrument for the purpose of sawing odds and ends from papers and magazines.

The Old Silent Grimes, Martha 1973

Although the figure was human the head was that of a hook-billed bird of prey.

Daybreak 2250 AD Norton, Andre 1952

Although the figure was human the head was that of a hook-billed bird of prey.

Daybreak 2250 AD Norton, Andre 1952

The male is slab-sided, hook-billed, and distorted, and is rejected by the canners.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Various

Instantly Peter crouched a little lower in his hiding-place, for he knew this for a member of the Hawk family and Peter has learned by experience that the only way to keep perfectly safe when one of these hook-clawed, hook-billed birds is about is to keep out of sight.

Burgess Bird Book for Children 1919

Among its sixteen kingfishers, it possesses the carious hook-billed Macrorhina, and a red and blue Tanysiptera, the most beautiful of that beautiful genus.

The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

They have hook-billed noses, crow's-feet under their sunken eyes, and a mellow tinting of the hair.

History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862

But the voice varies in the different breeds; Mr. Brent [450] says that hook-billed ducks are very loquacious, and that Rouens utter a "dull, loud, and monotonous cry, easily distinguishable by an experienced ear."

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845