Hornbill

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hornbill \Horn"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any bird of the family {Bucerotid[ae]}, of which about sixty
     species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit
     the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and
     are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like
     protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is


     situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the
     hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or
     even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species
     eat dead animals.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hornbill
       n : bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill
           surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers