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PRONUNCIATION OF BOATBILL

boatbill  [ˈbəʊtˌbɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOATBILL

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Boatbill is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOATBILL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of boatbill in the English dictionary

The definition of boatbill in the dictionary is a nocturnal tropical American wading bird, Cochlearius cochlearius, similar to the night herons but with a broad flattened bill: family Ardeidae, order Ciconiiformes.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOATBILL


bluebill
ˈbluːˌbɪl
broadbill
ˈbrɔːdˌbɪl
cockbill
ˈkɒkˌbɪl
cranesbill
ˈkreɪnzˌbɪl
crossbill
ˈkrɒsˌbɪl
duckbill
ˈdʌkˌbɪl
handbill
ˈhændˌbɪl
hawkbill
ˈhɔːkˌbɪl
hawksbill
ˈhɔːksˌbɪl
hornbill
ˈhɔːnˌbɪl
playbill
ˈpleɪˌbɪl
razorbill
ˈreɪzəˌbɪl
sawbill
ˈsɔːˌbɪl
shoebill
ˈʃuːˌbɪl
silverbill
ˈsɪlvəˌbɪl
spoonbill
ˈspuːnˌbɪl
storksbill
ˈstɔːksˌbɪl
thornbill
ˈθɔːnˌbɪl
waxbill
ˈwæksˌbɪl
waybill
ˈweɪˌbɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOATBILL

boat neck
boat people
boat race
boat ride
boat shoes
boat train
boat trip
boat-billed heron
boat-shaped
boatable
boatbuilder
boatbuilding
boatel
boater
boatful
boathook
boathouse
boatie
boating
boating holiday

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOATBILL

bank bill
bill
dollar bill
double bill
fill the bill
finance bill
fit the bill
heating bill
hospital bill
omnibus bill
phone bill
private member´s bill
public bill
rebill
roseate spoonbill
senate bill
show bill
T-bill
tax bill
twin bill

Synonyms and antonyms of boatbill in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «boatbill» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOATBILL

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Translator English - Chinese

boatbill
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

boatbill
570 millions of speakers

English

boatbill
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

boatbill
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

boatbill
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рогоклюв
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

boatbill
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

boatbill
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

boatbill
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Botbill
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

boatbill
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

boatbill
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

boatbill
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Boatbill
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

boatbill
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

boatbill
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बोटबिल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

boatbill
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

boatbill
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

boatbill
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рогоклюв
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

boatbill
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

boatbill
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

boatbill
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

boatbill
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boatbill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of boatbill

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOATBILL»

The term «boatbill» is used very little and occupies the 185.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOATBILL» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOATBILL»

Discover the use of boatbill in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to boatbill and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia
BOATBILL. Machaerirhynchus nigripectus 14 cm Description: Unmistakable; the similar Yellow-breasted Boatbill, M flaviventer, lacks black spot on breast and replaces this species below 800 m elevation. Together they form their own genus .
‎2001
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The annals and magazine of natural history, zoology, botany ...
Its flattened form, and the slender and pliable branches of the lower jaw, prove, in my opinion, that the beak of the Boatbill is calculated rather to be a very capacious than a very strong one ; whilst the bill of the Balaniceps, being higher than ...
3
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Its flattened form, and the slender and pliable branches of the lower jaw, prove, in my opinion, that the beak of the Boatbill is calculated rather to be a very capa~ cious than a very strong one ; whilst the bill of the Bqlwniceps, being higher than  ...
4
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Zoology, Botany, ...
Its flattened form, and the slender and pliable branches of the lower jaw, prove, in my opinion, that the beak of the Boatbill is calculated rather to be a very capacious than a very strong one ; whilst the bill of the Baleeniceps, being higher than ...
Sir William Jardine, 1861
5
Proceedings
Less elliptical and more triangular than that of the Boatbill, it lias, nevertheless, many of the characters of the latter. Its tip is curiously emarginate, as is also the tip of the upper jaw — the bony basis of the great hooked beak. The traces of suture ...
Zoological Society of London, 1860
6
Annals and Magazine of Natural History
Its flattened form, and the slender and pliable branches of the lower jaw, prove, in my opinion, that the beak of the Boatbill is calculated rather to be a very capacious than a very strong one ; whilst the bill of the Balamiceps, being higher than ...
7
General Zoology: pt. 1. Aves.- v. 14, pt. 2. General index
CR ESTEU BOATBILL(Cancroma cochlearia.) CA. cristata cinerascens, -ventre rufo, -vertice lunuldque cervicis 7llg'TlSCrested cinereous Boatbill, with the belly rufous; the crown and lunule on the base of the neck black. Cancroma cochlearia .
George Shaw, James Francis Stephens, 1819
8
Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
Yellow-breasted Boatbill (breeding resident) This (Boatbill as a 'group' name for the two species in the genus) is a coined ... Wherrybill, an alternative to boatbill (a Wherry is a light rowed boat or barge), but it's hard to find written usage ofit.
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013
9
CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses, Second Edition
B 11 12 nigripectus Boatbill Machaerirhynchus Yellow-breasted. U 6 11 flaviventer Boatbill Machaerirhynchus Yellow-breasted. U 22 9.7 flaviventer Boatbill New.Guinea 283,.387,. 424 New.Guinea 61 Monachella muelleriana Torrent.
John B. Dunning, Jr., 2007
10
The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010
Boatbill to Larks. Oxford University Press, Melbourne. Higgins PJ, Peter JM, Cowling SJ (Eds) (2006b) Handbook ofAustralian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Volume 7: Boatbill to Starlings. Part B. Dunnock to Starlings. Oxford University ...
Stephen Garnett, Judit Szabo, Guy Dutson, 2011

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