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English Dictionary: broadbill	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for broadbill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
broadbill n tropical American heron related to night herons [syn: boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius] diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill Synonym(s): scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill Synonym(s): shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas clypeata small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. (Zo[94]l.) A scaup duck. See below. {Scaup duck} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus {Aythya}, or {Fuligula}. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck ({Aythya marila}, var. nearctica), called also {broadbill}, {bluebill}, {blackhead}, {flock duck}, {flocking fowl}, and {raft duck}; the lesser scaup duck ({A. affinis}), called also {little bluebill}, {river broadbill}, and {shuffler}; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({A. collaris}), called also {black jack}, {ringneck}, {ringbill}, {ringbill shuffler}, etc. See Illust.. of {Ring-necked duck}, under {Ring-necked}. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck ({A. marila}), closely resembles the American variety.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shoveler \Shov"el*er\, n. [Also shoveller.] 1. One who, or that which, shovels. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A river duck ({Spatula clypeata}), native of Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green, blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and neck are dark green. Called also {broadbill}, {spoonbill}, {shovelbill}, and {maiden duck}. The Australian shoveler, or shovel-nosed duck ({S. rhynchotis}), is a similar species.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Broadbill \Broad"bill`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) A wild duck ({Aythya, [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. (Zo[94]l.) The shoveler. See {Shoveler}.