Boatbill - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Boatbill :  (noun)

1: tropical American heron related to night herons [syn: boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Boatbill : \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.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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