openbill

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun openbill has 1 sense

openbill(n = noun.animal) - stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip;

is a kind of

stork

is a member of anastomus, genus anastomus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

openbill, n.

A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open-beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak. [1913 Webster]