boatbill

Questions about boatbill

What does boatbill mean?

boatbill means "tropical American heron related to night herons".

How many syllables are in boatbill?

boatbill has 3 syllables: bo-at-bill. The stress falls on "bo".

What is another word for boatbill?

Close synonyms include boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is boatbill a common word?

boatbill is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.