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SADDLEBILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does saddlebill mean? 

SADDLEBILL (noun)
  The noun SADDLEBILL has 1 sense:

1. large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middleplay

  Familiarity information: SADDLEBILL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SADDLEBILL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis; jabiru; saddlebill

Hypernyms ("saddlebill" is a kind of...):

stork (large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage)

Holonyms ("saddlebill" is a member of...):

Ephippiorhynchus; genus Ephippiorhynchus (saddlebills)


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