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# hornbill

noun (a hornbill, hornbills)

«hornbill» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A hornbill is a tropical bird from Africa and Asia with a very large curved beak, often with a hard bump called a casque on top of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about rainforests and adaptations, the hornbill eats fruit and spreads seeds, helping the forest grow. Its nesting habit is famous: the female seals herself inside a tree hole with mud, and the male feeds her through a narrow slit. In stories and films (Zazu in «The Lion King» is a hornbill) it is a talkative bird. Phrases: great hornbill, ground hornbill, rhinoceros hornbill.

### Examples

- The hornbill has a huge yellow beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#x1)
- A hornbill helps the forest by dropping seeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#x2)
- The great hornbill lives in the forests of India and Southeast Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#x3)
- The female hornbill stays sealed in her nest while the chicks grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#x4)
- Zazu in «The Lion King» is a red-billed hornbill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#x5)
- The hornbill's casque sits on top of its beak like a helmet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#x6)
- We heard the loud whoosh of a hornbill's wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#x7)
- Some hornbills are endangered because forests are cut down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/#x8)

### Note

Countable: one hornbill, hornbills. A compound word: horn + bill (bill = beak). Do not confuse with the toucan of South and Central America, which also has a big colourful beak but is a different family; hornbills live in Africa and Asia.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hornbill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hornbill/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hornbill» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hornbill.html) on Mova free.