boatbill

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Definition of boatbill in English English dictionary

{n} a genus of birds with a bill like a boat

A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America

Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost

tropical American heron related to night herons

A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus

{i} tropical American heron with a large heavy beak that looks like an inverted boat, boatbilled heron; perching bird native to India

Hyphenation

boat·bill