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Broadbill

see synonyms of broadbill

Noun

1. boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbill, cochlearius cochlearius

tropical American heron related to night herons

2. bluebill, broadbill, scaup, scaup duck

diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

3. anas clypeata, broadbill, shoveler, shoveller

freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

4. broadbill

small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Broadbill

see synonyms of broadbill
noun
1. 
any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
2. US
any of various wide-billed birds, such as the scaup and shoveler
3. US another name for swordfish

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Broadbill

see synonyms of broadbill
noun
any of various birds with a broad bill, as the scaup and shoveler ducks, spoonbill, etc.

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