hawkbill

American  

[hawk-bil] / ˈhɔkˌbɪl /

noun

1. hawksbill turtle.

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hawkbill British  

/ ˈhɔːkˌbɪl /

noun

1. another name for hawksbill turtle

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Etymology

Origin of hawkbill

First recorded in 1775–85; hawk ¹ + bill ²

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Example Sentences

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hawkbill

Here we bought a quantity of hawkbill turtle shell.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Rolf Boldrewood

And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl-shell, copra, beche-de-mer, hawkbill turtle-shell, and stranded wrecks.

From Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews by Jack London

So Finklebaum, having the Little Brass God within a foot of his hawkbill nose, takes the man's address and says he'll let him know if he hears anything about the thing in demand.

From Boy Scouts in Northern Wilds by Archibald Lee Fletcher

And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, beche de mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks.

From Stories from Everybody's Magazine by Various

And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, beche-de-mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks.

From South Sea Tales by Jack London

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