boatbill

boatbill
/boht"bil'/, n.
a wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, of tropical America, related to the herons, having a broad bill resembling an inverted boat. Also called boat-billed heron /boht"bild'/.
[1770-80; BOAT + BILL2]

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A perching bird of India, of the genus {Eurylaimus}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boatbill — /ˈboʊtbɪl/ (say bohtbil) noun 1. either of two Australasian birds of the genus Machaerirhynchus, family Dicuridae, having boat shaped bills, as the yellow breasted boatbill, M. flaviventer, of Cape York, New Guinea and nearby islands. 2. a… …  

  • boatbill — noun A form of heron, Cochlearius cochlearius, native to Central and South America …   Wiktionary

  • boatbill — n. tropical American heron with a large heavy beak that looks like an inverted boat, boatbilled heron; perching bird native to India …   English contemporary dictionary

  • boatbill — noun tropical American heron related to night herons • Syn: ↑boat billed heron, ↑broadbill, ↑Cochlearius cochlearius • Hypernyms: ↑heron • Member Holonyms: ↑Cochlearius, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Yellow-breasted Boatbill — Taxobox name = Yellow breasted Boatbill status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Machaerirhynchidae genus = Machaerirhynchus species = M. flaviventer binomial =… …   Wikipedia

  • Black-breasted Boatbill — Taxobox name = Black breasted Boatbill status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Machaerirhynchidae genus = Machaerirhynchus species = M. nigripectus binomial =… …   Wikipedia

  • black-breasted boatbill — juodakrūtė plokščiasnapė musinukė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Machaerirhynchus nigripectus angl. black breasted boatbill vok. Brustfleck Flachschnabel, m rus. чернопятнистая лодкоклювая мухоловка, f pranc. largebec à… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • yellow-breasted boatbill — geltonkrūtė plokščiasnapė musinukė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Machaerirhynchus flaviventer angl. yellow breasted boatbill vok. Gelbbauch Flachschnabel, m rus. желтогрудая лодкоклювая мухоловка, f pranc. largebec à… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

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