Thornbill

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

  Thornbill \Thorn"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored
     American birds of the genus {Rhamphomicron}. They have a
     long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and
     the juice of the sugar cane.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thornbill
       n : any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp
           pointed bill