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Definition of Bluebill
1. Noun. Diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill.
Generic synonyms: Duck
Group relationships: Aythya, Genus Aythya
Specialized synonyms: Aythya Marila, Greater Scaup, Aythya Affinis, Lake Duck, Lesser Scaup, Lesser Scaup Duck
Definition of Bluebill
1. n. A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.
Definition of Bluebill
1. Noun. the scaup (of genus ''Aythya'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluebill
1. the scaup duck [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bluebill
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluebill
Literary usage of Bluebill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"This bird is usually confounded with the Lesser bluebill from which it can be
discriminated only with difficulty. It is probable that nine- tenths of the ..."
2. Tales of Duck and Goose Shooting: Being Duck and Goose Hunting Narratives by John Baptiste de Macklot Thompson (1916)
"At various locations on San Francisco Bay, at low tide, large area of "flats"
are bared and to these feeding grounds the bluebill move, always making some ..."
3. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"The common name of this bird among the gunners of Essex County is "bluebill,"
or " bluebill Widgeon," or "Widgeon," never Scaup. ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"SCAUP DUCK, bluebill.— The most abundant duck seen on the lake during this period
was the bluebill. As a general rule, these birds were found in flocks of ..."
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