sword bill

sword·bill

[sawrd-bil, sohrd-]
noun
a South American hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, having a slender bill that is longer than its body.

Origin:
1860–65; sword + bill2

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swordbill (ˈsɔːdˌbɪl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a South American hummingbird, Ensifera ensifera, having a bill as long as its body

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Sword bill is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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