boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius
(noun) tropical American heron related to night herons
Source: WordNet® 3.1
boatbill (plural boatbills)
A form of heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, native to Central and South America
Either of two species of passerine birds in the genus Machaerirhynchus
Source: Wiktionary
Boat"bill` (, n. (Zoöl.)
1. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
2. A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 December 2024
(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”; “he has a strong German accent”; “it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
