broadbilln.
/ˈbrɔːdbɪl/, U.S. /ˈbrɔdˌbɪl/, /ˈbrɑdˌbɪl/ 1. Chiefly U.S. Any of several ducks; esp. the northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata, and the greater scaup, Aythya marila.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas clypeata (shoveller)
shoveller1674
swaddle-bill1709
1634 Steward's Househ. Accts. 21 Aug. (Althorp Househ. Bks.) in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. (A) 2 p. xxiii Presented by my Lady Sandis Herneshawes 6—Mallards 12—Teales 7—Peckards 3—Broad-bills 5.
1797 B. Trumbull Compl. Hist. Connecticut iii. 26 In the bays, creeks, rivers and ponds were wild geese, and ducks of all kinds, wigeons, sheldrapes, broadbills, teel of various sorts, and other fowl, which were both wholesome and palatable.
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Amer. Broadbill (Anas marila), the common name of a wild duck, which appears on our coast in large numbers in October.
1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting Introd. 16 I shall treat of the red-head, blue-bill or broad-bill, tufted duck, and buffle-head or butter-ball.
1964 J. P. Linduska Waterfowl Tomorrow 179/2 Two species of scaup—or maybe you call them broadbill, bluebill, or blackhead—occur in this flyway.
2020 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, New Jersey) (Nexis) 14 May a4 The birds hunted now are ‘the four “Bs” of Barnegat Bay: broadbills, brant, black ducks and buffleheads.’
2. Any of the Asian and African passerine birds constituting the families Eurylaimidae and Calyptomenidae, typically having brightly-coloured plumage and a broad flat bill. Frequently with distinguishing word.Members of the family Calyptomenidae were previously included in Eurylaimidae.
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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Gurylaimidae (broad-bill)
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1835 W. Swainson Treat. Geogr. & Classif. Animals (Cabinet Cycl.) i. iii. 56/1 (table) Eurylaimus Horsf. Broadbill.
1889 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) There are nine or ten species of broadbills peculiar to the Indian region.
1933 Auk 50 24 The type specimen of Grauer's Green Broadbill is labeled: ‘Bamboo forest at about 2000 meters altitude, 80 kilometers west of the Ruzizi.’
1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Mar. 28/4 By the 1980s, the tree-climbing, egg-eating snakes..had completely wiped out three species, the Guam Broadbill, the Brindled White Eye, and Rufous-fronted Fantail.
2016 P. Davison Birds Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos (new ed.) 73 Broadbills are sociable birds that travel through the mid-canopy in small parties.
3. More fully broadbill swordfish. The swordfish, Xiphias gladius.
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > suborder Scombroidei (mackerel) > [noun] > family Xiphiidae (swordfish) > xiphias gladius (swordfish)
swordfishc1400
gladius?1527
xiph1572
monoceros1590
xiphias1590
sea-emperor1672
rapier-fish1681
xiphiad1859
1913 World's News (Sydney) 22 Nov. 16/2 (caption) This swordfish (‘broadbill’), weighing 355lb., was caught by Mr. W. C. Boschen, of New York, off the Californian coast, with rod and reel.
1927 Z. Grey Tales of Swordfish vii. 157 The broadbill swordfish was the one fish in the world which could not be caught through luck.
1969 Guardian 8 Mar. 7/5 If you are dedicated to catching marlin swordfish and broadbills, it is an obsession.
2006 ReNew July 14/1 Deep sea perch, silver trevally and broadbill swordfish are being pushed to the edge of extinction by increasing consumer demand and destructive fishing methods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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