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Nov 30, 2009
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sheath•bill



Pronunciation: (shēth'bil"), [key]
n.
either of two white sea birds, Chionis alba or C. minor, of the colder parts of the Southern Hemisphere: so called from the horny sheath covering the base of the upper bill.

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