broadbill [ˈbrɔːdˌbɪl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US any of various wide-billed birds, such as the scaup and shoveler
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US another name for swordfish
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| Noun | 1. |  broadbill - tropical American heron related to night heronsheron - grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill Cochlearius, genus Cochlearius - boatbills |
| 2. |  broadbill - diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey billduck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs Aythya, genus Aythya - canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc. Aythya marila, greater scaup - large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male Aythya 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 billduck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs Anas, genus Anas - type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks | |
| 4. | broadbill - small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills passeriform 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 helpless Eurylaimidae, family Eurylaimidae - coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi |
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