Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Openbill

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Openbill

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Open-eyed
Open-handed
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Openbill
Opened
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Opening
Openly
Openness
Openwork
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Operameter

(n.) 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.