broadbill

broadbill

(ˈbrɔːdˌbɪl) n1. (Animals) any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill2. (Animals) US any of various wide-billed birds, such as the scaup and shoveler3. (Animals) US another name for swordfish

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Noun	1.	broadbill - tropical American heron related to night heronsboatbill, boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochleariusheron - grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long billCochlearius, genus Cochlearius - boatbills
	2.	broadbill - diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey billbluebill, scaup, scaup duckduck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legsAythya, genus Aythya - canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.Aythya marila, greater scaup - large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the maleAythya affinis, lake duck, lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck - common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads
	3.	broadbill - freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat billAnas clypeata, shoveler, shovellerduck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legsAnas, genus Anas - type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks
	4.	broadbill - small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide billspasseriform bird, passerine - perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helplessEurylaimidae, family Eurylaimidae - coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi