broadbill
    n 1: tropical American heron related to night herons [syn:
         boatbill, boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius
         cochlearius]
    2: diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill [syn:
       scaup, scaup duck, bluebill, broadbill]
    3: freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad
       flat bill [syn: shoveler, shoveller, broadbill, Anas
       clypeata]
    4: small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage
       and short wide bills

Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
   mussels.]
   1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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   2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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   Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
      ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
      males are, in large part, black. The three North American
      species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
      nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
      blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft
      duck; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
      also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
      the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (Aythya
      collaris), called also black jack, ringneck,
      ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
      Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
      European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
      resembles the American variety.
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Shoveler \Shov"el*er\, n. [Also shoveller.]
   1. One who, or that which, shovels.
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   2. (Zool.) A river duck (Spatula clypeata), native of
      Europe and America. It has a large bill, broadest towards
      the tip. The male is handsomely variegated with green,
      blue, brown, black, and white on the body; the head and
      neck are dark green. Called also broadbill, spoonbill,
      shovelbill, and maiden duck. The Australian shoveler,
      or shovel-nosed duck (Spatula rhynchotis), is a similar
      species.
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Broadbill \Broad"bill`\, n.
   1. (Zool.) A wild duck (Aythya marila, or Fuligula
      marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern
      coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also
      bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck.
      See Scaup duck.
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   2. (Zool.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.
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