Definition
A bird with a curved or hooked bill, or a specific name for certain bird species that have noticeably curved beaks.
Etymology
Compound of crook (curved) and bill (beak), a descriptive name following traditional English animal naming patterns like 'redbreast' or 'blackbird.'
Kelly Says
Crookbill is a folk name for birds, showing how common people created their own field guide centuries before modern ornithology—they named animals by their most obvious features.
Translations
ARالعربية
منقار منحني
man-qahr man-hee
CACatalà
bec corbat
bek kor-bat
CSČeština
křivý zob
kree-vee zob
DADansk
krum næb
krohm nayb
DEDeutsch
krummbill
krohm-bill
ELΕλληνικά
κυρτός
kee-rtos
ESEspañol
pico curvo
pee-koh kur-voh
FISuomi
käännetty nokka
kyaen-netty noh-kah
FRFrançais
bec courbe
bek kurv
GUGU
કુકડિયું
koo-ku-dee-oon
HIहिन्दी
मुड़ा हुआ चोंच
mood-ah hoo-ah chonch
HUMagyar
görbült csőr
goor-boolt choor
IDBahasa Indonesia
paruh bengkok
pa-ruh beng-kok
ITItaliano
becco curvo
bek-koh kur-voh
JA日本語
曲がった嘴
ma-ga-tta-kuchi
KO한국어
굽은 嘴
gweep-eun kuchi
MSBahasa Melayu
paruh melengkung
pa-ruh me-len-kung
NLNederlands
gekrulde snavel
geh-krool-deh sna-vel
NONorsk
krum nebb
krohm nebb
PLPolski
pysk zgięty
pysk zh-gee-en-tee
PTPortuguês
bico curvo
bee-koh kur-voh
RORomână
cucurbită
koo-koo-ree-bah
RUРусский
кривой клюв
kri-vo-y kluv
SVSvenska
krökt näbb
kroht naeb
SWKiswahili
mnyanyany
m-nya-nya-ny
TRTürkçe
bükülmüş gag
boo-kyool-moosh gag
UKУкраїнська
кривий дзьоб
kri-viy dzhob
VITiếng Việt
mỏ cong
moh-kong