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hawkbill

[ hawk-bil ]

hawkbill

/ ˈ³óɔ˰ìËŒ²úɪ±ô /

noun

  1. another name for hawksbill turtle
“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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hawkbill1

First recorded in 1775–85; hawk 1 + bill 2
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Here we bought a quantity of hawkbill turtle shell.

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They have a live hawkbill turtle in their room—quite a large one, for I could scarcely move it—and have painted its back in five or six colours.

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The young hawkbill turtle, however, was floating on the surface, and seemed very sick.

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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.

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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.

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