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Meaning of BROADBILL

Pronunciation:  'brod`bil

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
  2. [n]  freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
  3. [n]  diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill
  4. [n]  tropical American heron related to night herons
 

BROADBILL is a 9 letter word that starts with B.

 

 Synonyms: Anas clypeata, bluebill, boatbill, boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, scaup, scaup duck, shoveler, shoveller
 
 See Also: Anas, Aythya, Aythya affinis, Aythya marila, Cochlearius, duck, Eurylaimidae, family Eurylaimidae, genus Anas, genus Aythya, genus Cochlearius, greater scaup, heron, lake duck, lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck, passeriform bird, passerine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Broad"bill`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. (Zo["o]l.) The shoveler. See {Shoveler}.

 

 

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