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broadbill

American

[brawd-bil] / ˈbrɔdˌbɪl /

noun

any of several small, often brightly colored passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae, of the Old World tropics, having a broad, flattened bill.
any of various birds with a broad bill, as the scaup duck, shoveler, and spoonbill.

broadbill British

/ ˈbrɔːdˌbɪl /

noun

any passerine bird of the family Eurylaimidae , of tropical Africa and Asia, having bright plumage and a short wide bill
any of various wide-billed birds, such as the scaup and shoveler
another name for swordfish

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Etymology

Origin of broadbill

First recorded in 1625–35; broad + bill ²

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Most spectacular of Atlantic game fish are the swordfish family: sailfish, marlin, broadbill.

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

Nantucket fishermen still talk about the time a broadbill rammed the whaling ship Fortune, ran its bill right through the hull's copper sheathing, a 3-in.-thick hardwood plank.

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

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