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Definition of Broadbills
1. broadbill [n] - See also: broadbill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broadbills
Literary usage of Broadbills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"The female is yellowish gray above, obscurely mottled, and the breast and under
parts buff with dark spots. THE broadbills Family ..."
2. Birds by Eugene William Oates, William Thomas Blanford (1895)
"... fpd, flexor profundus digitorum; V, vinculum. (Forbes, PZS 1880, p. 382.)
ascertained, apd the only question remaining is whether the broadbills should ..."
3. Life After Logging: Reconciling Wildlife Conservation and Production by Erik Maijaard (2005)
"Others are not listed but are much affected by logging 4 trogons and 2 broadbills
are listed as LR/nr Although pheasants are probably quite tolerant of the ..."
4. The Wild Flowers by Charles Bradford (1901)
"young friend hid down snugly in the hay at the bottom of their shelter, as the
old bayman shouted back: " broadbills, an' a-comin' this way, ..."
5. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1894)
"... is found on the lower parts of the rivers; a larger one seems to live in the
thick jungle entirely; then there are barbets, broadbills, and sunbirds. ..."
6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1895)
"... but seemed to feel out of place, keeping a little apart. November i. Twenty-five
broadbills (Avi/iva marita ..."
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