hornbill

hornbill

English

A 19th-century watercolour of a helmeted hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil). The artist painted the tail excessively long.

The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), one of the largest hornbills

Etymology

horn +‎ bill

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːn.bɪl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːɹn.bɪl/

Noun

hornbill (plural hornbills)

1. Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horns. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.
   • 2019, Marlon James, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Hamish Hamilton, page 408:

     I saw what they were, hornbills, white head with a black streak of feather on top, a long grey tail, and a huge red beak that curved down, bigger than his head.

Derived terms

• Blyth's hornbill
• Papuan hornbill

 

Translations

bird

Afrikaans: boskraai Assamese: পাকৈঢোঁৰা (pakoidhü̃ra), ধনেশ (dhonex) Brunei Malay: likap Bulgarian: пти́ца-носоро́г f (ptíca-nosoróg) Chinese: Mandarin: 犀鳥／犀鸟 (zh) (xīniǎo) Danish: næsehornsfugl c Esperanto: bucero Finnish: sarvinokka French: calao (fr) m German: Nashornvogel m Italian: bucero (it) Japanese: サイチョウ (saichou) Malay: enggang Navajo: tsídii bichʼahtsohí Pali: āṭa m, dabbimukha m Pela: və̆³¹kjɔ̃⁵⁵ Polish: dzioborożec (pl) m Portuguese: calau m Romanian: calao (ro) m Russian: пти́ца-носоро́г (ru) f (ptíca-nosoróg) Spanish: cálao m Tagalog: kalaw Thai: นกเงือก (th) (nók ngʉ̂ʉak)

See also

• ground hornbill
• toucan