wrybill

British

/ ˈraɪˌbɪl /

noun

a New Zealand plover, Anarhynchus frontalis, having its bill deflected to one side enabling it to search for food beneath stones

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

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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