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Definition of Hornbills
1. hornbill [n] - See also: hornbill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornbills
Literary usage of Hornbills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"FWP SINGULAR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS or THE hornbills DURING THE BREEDING SEASON.
— No sooner has the hen commenced the labor of incubation, ..."
2. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by E. Meijaard (2005)
"hornbills seem rather unevenly distributed in Kalimantan. ... Indeed, seven of
the eight Bornean hornbills were recorded in the Malinau study area (O'Brien ..."
3. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Prominent among African genera are the trumpeter hornbills, one species of which
is the 'crested' ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"hornbills with protuberance on the bill. Rhinoceros Hornbill. (Buc. Rhinoceros.)
Enl. 934. Vaill. Cal. 1 and 2. B. Africanus, Vail. pl. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1804)
"... or Indian hornbills. The Ara- caris are considered as forming a second family
of the same genus, being distinguished by their more slender shape, ..."
6. Pygmies & Papuans: The Stone Age To-day in Dutch New Guinea by Alexander Frederick Richmond Wollaston, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, Alfred Cort Haddon, Sidney Herbert Ray (1912)
"... Kapare River—Obota—Native Geography—River Obstructions—hornbills and Tree
Ducks—Gifts of Stones—Im- portance of Steam Launch—Cultivation of Tobacco—Sago ..."
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