[brawd-bil] 
| 1. | any of several small, often brightly colored passerine birds of the family Eurylaimidae, of the Old World tropics, having a broad, flattened bill. |
| 2. | any of various birds with a broad bill, as the scaup duck, shoveler, and spoonbill. |
broadbill
any of 14 species of Old World tropical birds constituting the suborder Eurylaimi, order Passeriformes. Broadbills are monogamous and differ from all other passerines (perching birds) in the arrangement of the leg muscles that bend the toes.
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