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(noun) small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills |
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Related Words: passeriform bird, passerine |
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(noun) freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill |
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Synonyms: Anas clypeata, shoveler |
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Related Words: duck |
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(noun) tropical American heron related to night herons |
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Synonyms: Cochlearius cochlearius, boat-billed heron, boatbill |
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Related Words: heron |
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(noun) diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill |
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Synonyms: bluebill, scaup, scaup duck |
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Related Words: Aythya affinis, Aythya marila, duck, greater scaup, lake duck, lesser scaup, lesser scaup duck |
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