broadbill

American  

[brawd-bil] / ˈbrɔdˌbɪl /

noun

1. any of several small, often brightly colored passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae, of the Old World tropics, having a broad, flattened bill.

2. any of various birds with a broad bill, as the scaup duck, shoveler, and spoonbill.

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broadbill British  

/ ˈbrɔːdˌbɪl /

noun

1. any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae , of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill

2. any of various wide-billed birds, such as the scaup and shoveler

3. another name for swordfish

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Etymology

Origin of broadbill

First recorded in 1625–35; broad + bill ²

Example Sentences

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broadbill

In 1927 Oliver Cromwell Grinnell, prosperous lithographer of Bay Shore, L. I., introduced broadbill fishing to the East, where heretofore the tuna was the largest game fish sought.

From Time Magazine Archive

If anyone could find the big broadbill, it was Peacock.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the lowly flounder to the lordly broadbill swordfish, Angler Heilner loves them all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Experts estimate that the odds against an angler simply spotting a broadbill on any given day are 10 to 1.

From Time Magazine Archive

It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway