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Answer for the clue "Unhappy bishop getting sick? Duck! ", 8 letters:
bluebill

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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.

The Collaborative International Dictionary 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 ...

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.