broadbill

Other forms: broadbills

Definitions of broadbill

1. noun

   freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
   synonyms: Anas clypeata, shoveler, shoveller

   type of:

   duck

   small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
2. noun

   diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
   synonyms: bluebill, scaup, scaup duck

   types:

   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

   type of:

   duck

   small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
3. noun

   tropical American heron related to night herons
   synonyms: Cochlearius cochlearius, boat-billed heron, boatbill

   type of:

   heron

   grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
4. noun

   small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
   type of:

   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