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Definition of Sheathbill
1. n. Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidæ, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas.
Definition of Sheathbill
1. Noun. Either of two species of scavenging birds in the family Chionididae which breed only on the Antarctic Peninsula and subantarctic islands. ¹
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Definition of Sheathbill
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Medical Definition of Sheathbill
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheathbill
Literary usage of Sheathbill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"(AN) sheathbill, a bird so-called by T. Pennant in 1781 (Gen. Birds, ed. 2, p.
43) from Ihc horny case * which ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... was a sheathbill, which for a long while no one suspected to be otherwise than
specifically identical with that of the western Antarctic Ocean ; but, ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Hitherto there is no real evidence of the occurrence of a sheathbill in the waters
of Australia or New Zealand. ..."
4. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1891)
"... relation with the surrounding bones that the maxillo-palatines in Chionis have.
The palatines and the vorner in the sheathbill, both in their structure ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"KELP PIGEON, a popular name for the sheathbill, especially the Chionis minor, or
the Chionis alba of the Falklands. It is said to be so called by sailors on ..."
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