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BROADBILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("broadbill" is a kind 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)
Holonyms ("broadbill" is a member of...):
Eurylaimidae; family Eurylaimidae (coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
Synonyms:
Anas clypeata; broadbill; shoveler; shoveller
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("broadbill" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Holonyms ("broadbill" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
Synonyms:
bluebill; broadbill; scaup; scaup duck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("broadbill" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "broadbill"):
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)
Holonyms ("broadbill" is a member of...):
Aythya; genus Aythya (canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Tropical American heron related to night herons
Synonyms:
boat-billed heron; boatbill; broadbill; Cochlearius cochlearius
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("broadbill" is a kind of...):
heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)
Holonyms ("broadbill" is a member of...):
Cochlearius; genus Cochlearius (boatbills)
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