bill hook

See also: billhook and bill-hook

English

Noun

bill hook (plural bill hooks)

1. Alternative form of billhook
3. A spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.

   Coordinate term: spindle

5. (ornithology) A sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.

Anagrams

• hookbill