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• n  bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers

• Between the stores and the town's stone jetty stands a giant wooden hornbill, perched on a carved totem pole, missing a wing, paint peeling on its sun-bleached casque.
• Posted Sunday, August 18, 2002 A light morning mist hangs over the jungle as Peter Taggart sets a hornbill on a tree branch.
• An occasional hornbill glides by, its wings sounding like flapping canvas.

News & Articles

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• When 'The Lion King' roars into town, graduate of Cleveland acting program will take on the tricky role (and puppet ...
  It's the most complicated puppet in the show, and there are a lotta puppets in that show,says Andrew Gorell, a 2012 graduate of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program and the intrepid soul taking on the ambidextrous challenge that is Zazu, an African red-billed hornbill and one of the stars of "The Lion King," which stampedes into PlayhouseSquare Tuesday.
  July 6, 2013 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer