'Boatbill' definitions:
Definition of 'boatbill'
From: WordNet
noun
Tropical American heron related to night herons [syn: boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius]
Definition of 'Boatbill'
From: GCIDE
- Boatbill \Boat"bill`\, n. (Zool.)
- 1. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus. [1913 Webster]