Broad"bill` (?), n.

1. Zool.

A wild duck (Aythya, ∨ Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- called also bluebill, blackhead, raft duck, and scaup duck. See Scaup duck.

2. Zool.

The shoveler. See Shoveler.

 

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