BROADBILL

broadbill

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

shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata

(noun) freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill

(noun) diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius

(noun) tropical American heron related to night herons

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

broadbill (plural broadbills)

Any of several ducks having a broad bill, including the shoveler

Any of several small passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae.

A swordfish

Anagrams

• Billboard, billboard

Source: Wiktionary

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Broad"bill`, n.

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A wild duck (Aythya, or Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; - - called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The shoveler. See Shoveler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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