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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Openbill  \O"pen*bill`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  openbill 
  n  :  stork  with  a  grooved  bill  whose  upper  and  lower  parts  touch 
  only  at  the  base  and  tip 




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