Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance;
related to kingfishers;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hornbill \Horn"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
Any bird of the family Bucerotid[ae], of which about sixty
species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit
the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and
are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like
protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is
situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the
hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or
even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species
eat dead animals.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hornbill
n 1: bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill
surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers