bill hook

See also: billhook and bill-hook

English

Noun

bill hook (plural bill hooks)

2. A spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.

   Alternative form: billhook

   Coordinate term: spindle

4. (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.

   Alternative form: billhook

5. Alternative form of billhook (in its other senses)

Anagrams

• hookbill