(1) Long billed as a potentially boundless source of relatively clean energy, fusion research costs hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

(2) The long bill of marlins, sailfishes, and swordfish probably helps them slip through the water.

(3) The soup fell out of the long bill of the crane at every mouthful, and the crane's vexation at not being able to eat afforded the fox much amusement.

(4) All summer long Bill and his ranch-hands taught us to ride horse, chop wood, and round up cattle.

(5) Either of two related game birds, Scolopax rusticola of the Old World or Philohela minor of North America, having brownish plumage, short legs, and a long bill.

(6) An Old World wading bird ( Limnocryptes minima ) having brownish plumage and a long bill.

(7) The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it.

(8) A European wading bird ( Tringa nebularia ) having greenish legs and a long bill.