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n. Any of several ducks, having a broad bill, including the shoveler

n. Any of several small passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae

n. A wild duck (Aythya marila, 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.

n. The shoveler. See Shoveler.

n. The shoveler-duck, Spatula clypeata.

n. The spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia.

n. The scaup-duck, Fuligula marila, and other species of that genus.

n. A bird of the family Eurylœmidœ. There are nine or ten species of broadbills peculiar to the Indian region. Also called broadmouth.

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

n. tropical American heron related to night herons

n. diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill

n. freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill

"Bill Chaprales throwing a harpoonlike device from the pulpit of a “stick” boat (photo), meaning one more commonly used in harpooning giant bluefin tuna or, historically, broadbill swordfish."

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