資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Broadbill \Broad"bill`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A wild duck ({Aythya, or Fuligula, marila)},
which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the
United States, in autumn; -- called also {bluebill},
{blackhead}, {raft duck}, and {scaup duck}. See {Scaup
duck}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The shoveler. See {Shoveler}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
broadbill
n 1: tropical American heron related to night herons [syn: {boatbill},
{boat-billed heron}, {Cochlearius cochlearius}]
2: diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill
[syn: {scaup}, {scaup duck}, {bluebill}]
3: freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad
flat bill [syn: {shoveler}, {shoveller}, {Anas clypeata}]
4: small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage
and short wide bills