broadbill

[ brawd-bil ]

/ ˈbrɔdˌbɪl /

any of several small, often brightly colored passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae, of the Old World tropics, having a broad, flattened bill².

any of various birds with a broad bill, as the scaup duck, shoveler, and spoonbill.

Origin of broadbill

First recorded in 1625–35; broad + bill²

There were eight broadbill swordfish hooked at Avalon during the summer, and not one brought to gaff.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey
This broadbill was seen only on two occasions at the Cocoa Research Station, both times at the edge of the primary forest.

Birds from North Borneo |Max C. Thompson
He quit, same as he quit the first day out, when I hooked the broadbill and the reel froze.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey
And I concluded I had been rather unlucky to start on a broadbill at the very beginning.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey

The first broadbill I sighted had a skinned tail, and evidently had been in a battle of some kind.

Tales of Fishes |Zane Grey

broadbill

/ (ˈbrɔːdˌbɪl) /

any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae, of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill

US any of various wide-billed birds, such as the scaup and shoveler

US another name for swordfish