BOAT-BILLED HERON Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the phrase boat-billed heron. (close relations)
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| bird | nounn | |||||
noun • warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food • informal terms for a (young) woman • a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt • badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers verb • watch and study birds in their natural habitat | ||||||
| egret | nounn | |||||
noun • any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season | ||||||
| heron | nounn | |||||
noun • grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill • Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century) | ||||||
| wading bird | nounn | |||||
noun • any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food | ||||||
| boatbill | nounn | |||||
noun • tropical American heron related to night herons | ||||||
| broadbill | nounn | |||||
noun • tropical American heron related to night herons • diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill • freshwater duck of the Northern Hemisphere having a broad flat bill • small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills | ||||||
| cochlearius cochlearius | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • tropical American heron related to night herons | ||||||
