broadbill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun tropical American heron related to night herons
    boatbill; Cochlearius cochlearius; boat-billed heron.
  2. noun diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
    scaup duck; bluebill; scaup.
  3. noun freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill
    Anas clypeata; shoveler; shoveller.
  4. noun small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills

WordNet

Broad"bill` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A wild duck (Aythya, ∨ 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. (Zoöl.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.

Webster 1913