| Bill, Arthur | <person> U.S. Obstetrician, 1877-1961. See: Bill's manoeuvre. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Bill's manoeuvre | Forceps rotation of the foetal head at mid-pelvis before extraction of the head. (05 Mar 2000) |
| brown bill | A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill. "Many time, but for a sallet, my brainpan had been cleft with a brown bill." (Shak) The black, or as it is sometimes called, the brown bill, was a kind of halberd, the cutting part hooked like a woodman's bill, from the back of which projected a spike, and another from the head. Origin: Brown + bill cutting tool. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| parrot's-bill | <botany> The glory pea. See Glory. Origin: So called from the resemblance of its curved superior petal to a parrot's bill. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| speckled-bill | <zoology> The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| duck's-bill | <zoology> Having the form of a duck's bill. Duck's-bill limpet, a limpet of the genus Parmaphorus; so named from its shape. (04 Mar 1998) |
| ivory-bill | <zoology> A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-coloured beak. Its general colour is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |