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Meaning of broadbill

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  broadbill
      n 1: tropical American heron related to night herons [syn:
           {boatbill}, {boat-billed heron}, {broadbill}, {Cochlearius
           cochlearius}]
      2: diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill [syn:
         {scaup}, {scaup duck}, {bluebill}, {broadbill}]
      3: freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad
         flat bill [syn: {shoveler}, {shoveller}, {broadbill}, {Anas
         clypeata}]
      4: small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage
         and short wide bills

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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