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Definition of "red-billed" []

  • Having a red bill or beak, as a bird: as, the red-billed curlew, Ibidorhynchus struthersi, of Asia; the red-billed wood-hoopoe, Irrisor erythrorhynchus. See cut under Irrisor.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "red-billed" in a sentence
  • "Generations of cattle owners who dipped their livestock in pesticides ended up killing not only the ticks that feast on them, but also the red-billed oxpeckers that eat the ticks."
  • "Above him, their nesting grounds disturbed by the hikers, gray fulmars and red-billed choughs rode the wind in great wide circles."
  • "African red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhyncus is recorded."
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