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BOAT-BILLED HERON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does boat-billed heron mean?
• BOAT-BILLED HERON (noun)
The noun BOAT-BILLED HERON has 1 sense:
1. tropical American heron related to night herons
Familiarity information: BOAT-BILLED HERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical American heron related to night herons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
boat-billed heron; boatbill; broadbill; Cochlearius cochlearius
Hypernyms ("boat-billed heron" is a kind of...):
heron (grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill)
Holonyms ("boat-billed heron" is a member of...):
Cochlearius; genus Cochlearius (boatbills)
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