boat-billed heron

Definitions of boat-billed heron
  1. noun
    tropical American heron related to night herons
    synonyms: Cochlearius cochlearius, boatbill, broadbill
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    type of:
    heron
    grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill
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