broadbill

Noun

• small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills

• freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

• diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

• tropical American heron related to night herons

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  shoveler , shoveller , Anas clypeata , scaup , scaup duck , bluebill , boatbill , boat-billed heron , Cochlearius cochlearius