BROADBILL


Meaning of BROADBILL in English

/brawd"bil'/ , n.

1. any of several small, often brightly colored passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae, of the Old World tropics, having a broad, flattened bill.

2. any of various birds with a broad bill, as the scaup duck, shoveler, and spoonbill.

[ 1625-35; BROAD + BILL 2 ]

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