Adzebill
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Adzebill is a noun meaning Either of two bird species of the extinct family †Aptornithidae, once endemic to New Zealand.
Meaning
Either of two bird species of the extinct family †Aptornithidae, once endemic to New Zealand.
Example Sentences
But other large birds were slaughtered – the flightless goose, an enormous rail now known as the adzebill, swans and pelicans, all of them, like the moa, exploited to the point of extinction after little more than 100 years.
Word Forms
- adzebills
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wattlebird, wrybill, boatbill, openbill, huia, kiwi.
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