thornbill

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: thorn=bill

CIDE DICTIONARY

thornbill, n. 

 Any one of several species of small, brilliantly colored American birds of the genus Rhamphomicron. They have a long, slender, sharp bill, and feed upon honey, insects, and the juice of the sugar cane.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

thornbill, n.
1 any Australian warbler of the genus Acanthiza.
2 any of various South American humming-birds, esp. of the genus Chalcostigma.