English Explanatory Dictionary

Blyth's hornbill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Rhyticeros plicatus, a large hornbill inhabiting the forest canopy in Wallacea and Melanesia.

Word forms

Blyth's hornbill Blyth's hornbills

Etymology

To commemorate Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

Synonyms

kokomo Papuan hornbill year-bird
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