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US
/ˈhɔkˌbɪɫ/
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NOUN
- pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell
How To Use hawkbill In A Sentence
- And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, beche de mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks. THE HEATHEN
- The blade is a melding of the imposing Hawkbill design with the wicked Japanese tanto.
- And we traded and salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra, beche-de-mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks. THE HEATHEN