hornbill

English

/ˈhɔːn.bɪl/, /ˈhɔːɹn.bɪl/

noun

Definitions

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.

Etymology

Compound from English horn (sexual arousement, erection, noun) + 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
Hornblower English
acockbill English
adzebill English
airhorn English
behorn English
bighorn 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
blowhorn English
bluebill English
boatbill English
bristlebill English
broadbill English
brown-bill English
buckhorn English
bullhorn English
butterhorn English
coach horn English
conebill English
cranesbill English
crookbill English
crossbill English
crowbill English
deerhorn English
dehorn English
demihorn English
dishorn English
duckbill English
duebill English
elkhorn English
feedhorn English
fish-horn English
flatbill English
flowerhorn English
foghorn English
handbill English
hartshorn English
hawksbill English
hedgebill English
hookbill English
horn English
horn-bearing English
hornbag English
hornball English
hornbeak English
hornblower English
hornbook English
hornbug English
horncore English
horndog English
horned English
hornen English
horner English
hornfoot English
hornful English
hornification English
horning English
hornish English
hornist English
hornless English
hornlet English
hornlike English
hornowl English
hornpike English
hornpipe English
hornpout English
hornpox English
hornrims English
hornsman English
hornsnake English
hornstone English
horntail English
hornwork English
hornworm English
hornwort English
hornwrack English
horny English
ibisbill English
inkhorn English
ivorybill English
longhorn English
melodyhorn English
misbill English
nanohorn English
openbill English
overbill English
parrotbill English
playbill English
posthorn English
powderhorn English
prebill English
pronghorn English
raghorn English
ramshorn English
razorbill English
rebill English
ringbill English
rosybill English
sabrebill English
saddlebill English
saddlehorn English
sawbill English
scimitarbill English
scissorbill English
sharpbill English
shearbill English
sheathbill English
shoebill English
shoehorn English
shorthorn English
shovelbill English
showbill English
sicklebill English
silverbill English
softbill English
spikebill English
spinebill English
spoonbill English
staghorn English
stinkhorn English
storksbill English
straighthorn English
superbill English
swanbill English
swordbill English
thickbill English
thornbill English
tinhorn English
toothbill English
topbill English
underbill English
war-horn English
waxbill English
waybill English
wedgebill English
weebill English
whitebill English
wrybill English
yellowbill English
yellowhorn English
bill French
bill Middle English
bille Middle English
horn, horne Middle English
bille Irish
बिल Hindi
บิล Thai
bil Welsh
బిల్లు Telugu
bille Norman
bil Tok Pisin
ໃບບິນ Lao
bil Hausa
هرن Gulf Arabic