broadbill

noun

1. tropical American heron related to night herons

   noun.animal

   Synonyms boat-billed heron boatbill cochlearius cochlearius

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

   noun.animal

   Synonyms bluebill scaup scaup duck

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

   noun.animal

   Synonyms anas clypeata shoveler shoveller

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills

   noun.animal

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. A wild duck (<i>Aythya, or Fuligula, marila)</i>, which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also <i>bluebill</i>, <i>blackhead</i>, <i>raft duck</i>, and <i>scaup duck</i>. See <u>Scaup duck</u>.

   noun

   Source: webster1913