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wrybill

wry·bill [ r bìl ] (plural wry·bills)


noun 
Definition:
 
New Zealand bird with bent beak: a shorebird of the plover family whose beak is bent to one side allowing it to search for food beneath pebbles. Native to: New Zealand.  Latin name Anarhynchus frontalis.

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