BOATBILL

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Meaning:

Tropical American heron related to night herons

Synonyms:

boat-billed heron; boatbill; broadbill; Cochlearius cochlearius

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("boatbill" is a kind of...):

heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)

Holonyms ("boatbill" is a member of...):

Cochlearius; genus Cochlearius (boatbills)

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