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Detailed Synonyms for duckbill in English

duckbill:

duckbill adj

  1. duckbill
    – having a beak resembling that of a duck 1
    duckbill; duck-billed
    – having a beak resembling that of a duck 1

duckbill [the ~] nom

  1. the duckbill
    – small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae 1
    the platypus; the Ornithorhynchus anatinus; the duckbilled platypus; the duck-billed platypus; the duckbill
    – small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae 1
  2. the duckbill
    – primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout 1
    the paddlefish; the Polyodon spathula; the duckbill
    – primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout 1

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Related Definitions for "duckbill":

  1. having a beak resembling that of a duck1
  2. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae1
  3. primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout1