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Meanings of boatbill in English

Tropical American heron related to night herons.

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        Examples for "broadbill"
        Examples for "broadbill"
        1
        It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark.
        The old man and the sea
        2
        That would not have mattered if I had not hurt my back in an eleven-hour fight with a giant broadbill swordfish.
        Tales of lonely trails
        Usage of boatbill in English
        1
        Bonaparte regards it as intermediate between the pelican and the boatbill.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
        2
        An osteological examination leads Parker to place the balæniceps near the boatbill, and the present classification is based upon that opinion.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
        3
        If we listen to Reinhurdt, we must place it, not alongside of the boatbill, but alongside of the African genus Scopus.
        Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
        Boatbill through the time