flatbill

English

noun
Definitions
  • Any of various tropical primarily olive-green flycatchers, having a wide flat bill, members of the genera Ramphotrigon, Rhynchocyclus, or Platyrinchus.

Etymology

Compound from English flat (apartment, dwelling, flatten, make flat) + English bill (note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list).

Origin

English

bill

Gloss

note of charges for goods, the point of beyond the fluke, sheet of paper, cutting instrument, list

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