noun
- Tropical American heron related to night herons.
- synonyms: boatbill, boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
- Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.
- synonyms: scaup, scaup duck, bluebill
- Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill.
- synonyms: shoveler, shoveller, Anas clypeata
- Small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills. .
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