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Meaning of BOATBILL

Pronunciation:  'bowt`bil

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  tropical American heron related to night herons
 
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 Synonyms: boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius
 
 See Also: Cochlearius, genus Cochlearius, heron

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Boat"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
1. A wading bird ({Cancroma cochlearia}) of the tropical
   parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat
   with the keel uppermost.
2. A perching bird of India, of the genus {Eurylaimus}.
 

 

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