openbill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip

WordNet

O"pen*bill` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913