Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In general, having a decurved bill, as a curlew or creeper.
- Specifically, having a crooked, cruciate bill, as the crossbills; metagnathous. See cut under
crossbill .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having a
crooked beak
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