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Meaning of SICKLEBILL

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sic"kle*bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus
       {Eutoxeres}, native of Central and South America. They
       have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the
       {sickle-billed hummer}.
   (b) A curlew.
   (c) A bird of the genus {Epimachus} and allied genera.
 
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