boatbill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tropical American heron related to night herons
    broadbill; Cochlearius cochlearius; boat-billed heron.

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Boat"bill` noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.)
  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.

Webster 1913