Noun
- 1. boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius, heron
- usage: tropical American heron related to night herons
- 2. scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill, duck
- usage: diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
- 3. shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata, duck
- usage: freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
- 4. broadbill, passerine, passeriform bird
- usage: small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
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