sicklebill [sik-uh l-bil] Word Origin noun
- any of various birds having a long, curved bill, as the long-billed curlew or curve-billed thrasher.
Origin of sicklebill An Americanism dating back to 1870–75; sickle + bill2 British Dictionary definitions for sicklebill sicklebill noun
- any of various birds having a markedly curved bill, such as Falculea palliata, a Madagascan bird of the family Vangidae, Hemignathus procerus, a Hawaiian honey creeper, and certain hummingbirds and birds of paradise