Sicklebill

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

  Sicklebill \Sic"kle*bill`\, n. (Zool.)
        (a) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus
            {Eutoxeres}, native of Central and South America. They
            have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the
            {sickle-billed hummer}.
        (b) A curlew.


        (c) A bird of the genus {Epimachus} and allied genera.
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