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Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill
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bluebill
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The bluebills are the genus ' Spermophaga ' of the estrildid finches family. These birds are found in tropical Africa . They are gregarious seed eaters with short, thick, blue and red bills. All have plumage which is mainly crimson and black or dark grey. ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or mussels.] A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.] (Zo["o]l.) A scaup duck. See below. Scaup duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya , or Fuligula ...
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n. diving ducks of North America having a bluish-gray bill [syn: scaup , scaup duck , broadbill ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the scaup (of genus ''Aythya'') 2 ''Spermophaga'', estrildid finches found in tropical Africa.
Usage examples of bluebill.
Lalji smiled slightly as he counted through his wadded bluebills and handed over the money.
An aeroplane was whirring noisily above the quiet lake, startling the bluebills floating about on the surface.