'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]