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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TOOTHBILL
TOOTHBILL
Tooth
"
bill
`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A
peculiar
fruit-eating
ground
pigeon
(Didunculus strigiostris )
native
of
the
Samoan
Islands,
and
noted
for
its
resemblance,
in
several
characteristics,
to
the
extinct
dodo.
Its
beak
is
stout
and
strongly
hooked,
and
the
mandible
has
two
or
three
strong
teeth
toward
the
end.
or
ts
color
is
chocolate
red.
Called
also
toothbilled
pigeon,
and
manu-mea.
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