bill hook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
  2. A sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
  3. Alternative form of billhook (in its other senses)

Word forms

bill hook bill hooks

Related words

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