BOATBILL

boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius

(noun) tropical American heron related to night herons

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

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



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