hawksbill

English

noun

Definitions

A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.

Etymology

Affix from English hawk (advocate of war warlike behavior, bird, sell) + English bill (note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list).

Origin

English

bill

Gloss

note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Christmas tree bill English
Eurobill English
Galápagos hawk English
Hawk-Eye English
Hawkery English
acockbill English
adzebill English
ballhawk English
bill English
billability English
billable English
billboard English
biller English
billfish English
billfold English
billhead English
billholder English
billhook English
billlike English
billman English
billpayer English
billpaying English
billposter English
billposting English
billsticker English
billsticking English
bluebill English
boatbill English
bristlebill English
broadbill English
brown-bill English
chickenhawk English
conebill English
cranesbill English
crookbill English
crossbill English
crowbill English
cuckoo-hawk English
duckbill English
duebill English
eaglehawk English
ferruginous hawk English
fishhawk English
flatbill English
flyhawk English
handbill English
hawk English
hawk-beaked English
hawkbell English
hawkery English
hawketh English
hawkish English
hawkism English
hawkist English
hawklet English
hawklike English
hawkling English
hawkmoth English
hawknose English
hawknosed English
hawksbeard English
hawkweed English
hawky English
hedgebill English
hookbill English
hornbill English
ibisbill English
ivorybill English
make-hawk English
meadowhawk English
misbill English
newshawk English
nighthawk English
openbill English
overbill English
parahawk English
parrotbill English
pigeonhawk English
playbill English
pondhawk English
prebill English
puttock English
razorbill English
rebill English
red-shouldered hawk English
ringbill English
roadside hawk English
rosybill English
rufous-tailed hawk English
sabrebill English
saddlebill English
sawbill English
scimitarbill English
scissorbill English
seahawk English
sharpbill English
shearbill English
sheathbill English
shitehawk English
shoebill English
short-tailed hawk English
shovelbill English
showbill English
sicklebill English
silverbill English
softbill English
sparrowhawk English
spikebill English
spinebill English
spoonbill English
storksbill English
superbill English
swanbill English
swordbill English
thickbill English
thornbill English
toothbill English
topbill English
underbill English
waxbill English
waybill English
wedgebill English
weebill English
white-rumped hawk English
white-tailed hawk English
white-throated hawk English
whitebill English
wrybill English
yellowbill English
zone-tailed hawk English
bill French
*keh₂p- Proto-Indo-European
bill Middle English
bille Middle English
hauke Middle English
bille Irish
बिल Hindi
บิล Thai
bil Welsh
బిల్లు Telugu
bille Norman
bil Tok Pisin
ໃບບິນ Lao
bil Hausa