boatbill
[ boht-bil ]
/ ˈboʊtˌbɪl /
noun
Also called
boat-billed heron
[boht-bild] /ˈboʊtˌbɪld/.
Words nearby boatbill
boat shoe,
boat tail,
boat train,
boat-tailed grackle,
boatage,
boatbill,
boatbuilder,
boatel,
boater,
boathook,
boathouse
Example sentences from the Web for boatbill
Whoever has once set eyes on the Boatbill or Savacou (Fig. 140) will never forget the bird, or confound it with any other.
Reptiles and Birds |Louis FiguierIf we listen to Reinhurdt, we must place it, not alongside of the boatbill, but alongside of the African genus Scopus.
Bonaparte regards it as intermediate between the pelican and the boatbill.
British Dictionary definitions for boatbill
boatbill
boat-billed heron
/ (ˈbəʊtˌbɪl) /
noun
a nocturnal tropical American wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, similar to the night herons but with a broad flattened bill: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes