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Blyth's hornbill

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Rhyticeros plicatus, a large hornbill inhabiting the forest canopy in Wallacea and Melanesia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: kokomo, Papuan hornbill, year-bird

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

To commemorate Edward Blyth (1810–1873), English zoologist and Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.