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noun

• Tropical American heron related to night herons.
  • synonyms: boatbill, boat-billed heron, Cochlearius cochlearius
• Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.
  • synonyms: scaup, scaup duck, bluebill
• Freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill.
  • synonyms: shoveler, shoveller, Anas clypeata
• Small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills. .

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The shoveler. See Shoveler.