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Definition of Boatbill
1. Noun. Tropical American heron related to night herons.
Generic synonyms: Heron
Group relationships: Cochlearius, Genus Cochlearius
Definition of Boatbill
1. n. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
Definition of Boatbill
1. Noun. A form of heron, ''Cochlearius cochlearius'', native to Central and South America ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boatbill
1. a wading bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Boatbill
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Boatbill
Literary usage of Boatbill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Brazil: Its History, People, Natural Productions, Etc by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1860)
"... boatbill—Spoonbill—Parrots and macaws—The parrot university—Humming-birds.
HAVING dealt with the history, the religion, and the social state of Brazil, ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"Its flattened form, and the slender and pliable branches of the lower jaw, prove,
in my opinion, that the beak of the boatbill is calculated rather to be a ..."
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