BOAT-BILLED HERON Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the phrase boat-billed heron. (close relations)
Definition of BOAT-BILLED HERON
Best Alternative Words for BOAT-BILLED HERON
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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 |