Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In ornithology, having a short bill; brevirostrate or brevirostral: specifically applied to many birds: as, the short-billed kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris; the short-billed marsh-wren, Cistothorus stellaris.
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- adjective having a short beak
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Examples
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He dressed in his trademark burgundy clothes, including a short-billed straw cap, and parked around the corner from the shop.
Credentials John Holman 2010
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They have short-billed hats pulled down low to cover their eyes and wear clothes the same as mine.
Veracity LAURA BYNUM 2010
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And we're not just talking about Ricky Barnes's short-billed hat, which was clearly stolen off an 11-year-old skateboarder outside an Orange Julius.
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Other birds found in this ecoregion include the western thornbill (Acanthiza inornata), and the short-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris EN) which inhabits sandplain woodlands and mallee, and the long-billed black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus baudinii) which is found in open eucalypt woodland and farmland.
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Dunlin, black-bellied plovers, short-billed dowitchers, white ibis, great blue herons as well as black ducks, mallards and pintails have been recorded there.
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Species sighted include: dunlins, black-bellied plovers, short-billed dowitchers, white ibises, great blue herons, snowy egrets, Louisiana herons, black ducks mallards and pintails.
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The sportsmen of the Beagle unanimously called it the short-billed snipe.
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The sportsmen of the Beagle unanimously called it the short-billed snipe.
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Men in blue uniforms, still wearing their short-billed caps, came out of the yard, their shift over.
2nd Chance Patterson, James, 1947- 2002
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He had a stubby white beard, a wooden leg, and wore a short-billed officer's cap, the braid turned green.
Time and Again Finney, Jack 1995
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