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Webster 1913 Edition


Openbill

O′pen-billˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A bird of the genus
Anastomus
, allied to the stork; – so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also
open-beak
. See Illust.
(m)
, under
Beak
.