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BLUEBILL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bluebill mean?
• BLUEBILL (noun)
The noun BLUEBILL has 1 sense:
1. diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
Familiarity information: BLUEBILL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bluebill; broadbill; scaup; scaup duck
Hypernyms ("bluebill" is a kind of...):
duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bluebill"):
Aythya marila; greater scaup (large scaup of North America having a greenish iridescence on the head of the male)
Aythya affinis; lake duck; lesser scaup; lesser scaup duck (common scaup of North America; males have purplish heads)
Holonyms ("bluebill" is a member of...):
Aythya; genus Aythya (canvasback; redhead; pochard; etc.)
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