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wrybill

/ ˈraɪˌbɪl /

noun

  1. a New Zealand plover, Anarhynchus frontalis, having its bill deflected to one side enabling it to search for food beneath stones
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The widely-spread plovers, Charadriidae, have two not less singular generic developments, Thinornis, and the extraordinary wrybill, Anarhynchus.

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