carvable

adj

carvable

adj

Etymology From carve + -able.

1

Capable of being carved.

  • Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil (CR): Restricted to the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, this is the only hornbill species whose casque is solid keratin and therefore carvable.2015, James Eaton et al., “Trade-driven extinctions and near-extinctions of avian taxa in Sundaic Indonesia”, in Forktail, page 2, column 2:
Antonyms
uncarvable
Derived terms
carvability

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