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noun
Any of several ducks having a broad bill, including the shoveler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of several small passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae (Asian and Grauer's broadbills) or Calyptomenidae (African and green broadbills).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A swordfish, Xiphias gladius.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: passerine, passeriform bird
noun
freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shoveler, shoveller, Anas clypeata
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Broader terms: duck
noun
diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: scaup, scaup duck, bluebill
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Broader terms: duck
Narrower terms: greater scaup, Aythya marila, lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck, lake duck, Aythya affinis
noun
tropical American heron related to night herons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: boatbill, boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
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Broader terms: heron
History
From broad + bill.
Across languages
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