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Meanings of cochlearius cochlearius in English

Tropical American heron related to night herons.

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Examples for "boatbill"
Examples for "boatbill"
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
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