Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The shoveler-duck, Spatula clypeata.
- noun The spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia.
- noun The scaup-duck, Fuligula marila, and other species of that genus.
- noun A bird of the family Eurylœmidœ. There are nine or ten species of broadbills peculiar to the Indian region. Also called
broadmouth .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A wild duck (
Aythya marila , orFuligula marila ), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called alsobluebill ,blackhead ,raft duck , andscaup duck . Seescaup duck . - noun (Zoöl.) The shoveler. See
Shoveler .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
ducks , having abroad bill , including theshoveler - noun Any of several small
passerine birds of the familyEurylaimidae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills
- noun tropical American heron related to night herons
- noun diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
- noun freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
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Examples
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I thought I had given you another broadbill family: Eurylaimidae as a mystery bird, but I was wrong, so it's no surprise that only a few of you seemed to recognise it.
Mystery bird: silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus lunatus 2011
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Bill Chaprales throwing a harpoonlike device from the pulpit of a “stick” boat (photo), meaning one more commonly used in harpooning giant bluefin tuna or, historically, broadbill swordfish.
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Silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus lunatus (protonym, Eurylaimus lunatus), depending upon where the bird is located, it may also be known as Gould's broadbill, the red-backed broadbill, or the (Nepal/Pegu) collared broadbill, photographed at Thailand.
Mystery bird: silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus lunatus 2011
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Bill Chaprales throwing a harpoonlike device from the pulpit of a “stick” boat (photo), meaning one more commonly used in harpooning giant bluefin tuna or, historically, broadbill swordfish.
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It was the first broadbill caught on sporting tackle that was ever brought into an Alabama port.
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Bill Chaprales throwing a harpoonlike device from the pulpit of a “stick” boat (photo), meaning one more commonly used in harpooning giant bluefin tuna or, historically, broadbill swordfish.
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Response: This is an adult silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus lunatus.
Mystery bird: silver-breasted broadbill, Serilophus lunatus 2011
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It was the first broadbill caught on sporting tackle that was ever brought into an Alabama port.
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To the broadbill swordfish, loved and adored, who's charter for hire I can not afford, off the Florida Keys you rule the deep, pulled hooks, fouled lines, making anglers weep, with Bud N 'Mary's help, I'll bring you aboard.
Florida Keys Swordfish Limerick Contest John Merwin 2008
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But to them fish by day, The old salts say “Nay,” “A broadbill in the sunshine, yeah right!”
Florida Keys Swordfish Limerick Contest John Merwin 2008
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