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Broad´bill`

n.	1.	(Zool.) A wild duck (Aythya marila, 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.	(Zool.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	broadbill - tropical American heron related to night herons boat-billed heron, boatbill, Cochlearius cochlearius heron - 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 bill bluebill, scaup, scaup duck duck - 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 bill Anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller duck - 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