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sheatfish | sheath | sheath knife | sheath pile | sheath-winged | sheathbill | sheathe | sheathed | sheather | sheathfish | sheathing

sheathbill

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Noun
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sheath=bill

CIDE DICTIONARY

sheathbilln. 
     Either one of two species of birds composing the genus Chionis, and family Chionidæ, native of the islands of the Antarctic seas.  [1913 Webster]
    " They are related to the gulls and the plovers, but more nearly to the latter. The base of the bill is covered with a saddle-shaped horny sheath, and the toes are only slightly webbed. The plumage of both species is white."  [1913 Webster]

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