| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Having a strongly curved bill.[Websters] 2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb hook-billedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (hook-billedly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hook-billed.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Hook-billed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Hook-billed Kite | The Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. (references) | ||
| Hook-billed marlin | A curlew. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: HOOK-BILLED | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Hook-billed Hermit | 7 | Hook-billed Bulbul | 4 | |
| Hook-billed Kite | 5 | Hook-billed Hermit | 7 | |
| Hook-billed Vanga | 5 | Hook-billed Kingfisher | 4 | |
| Hook-billed Bulbul | 4 | Hook-billed Kite | 5 | |
| Hook-billed Kingfisher | 4 | Hook-billed Vanga | 5 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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