Associations to the word «Hornbill»

Wiktionary

HORNBILL, noun. Any of various birds of the family Bucerotidae, with bills resembling a cow's horn. Many species have a casque above the bill, and many imprison their young in a tree.

Dictionary definition

HORNBILL, noun. Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope