noun
Meaning 1
The duck-billed platypus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Standard Lemma guide
duckbill
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noun
Meaning 2
A hadrosaur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
Meaning 3
A fish of the family Percophidae
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noun
Meaning 4
A fish of the family Percophidae
Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
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noun
Meaning 5
Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
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noun
Meaning 6
A device used to force padlocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: firefighting, government
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noun
Meaning 7
A check valve with two or more flaps, usually shaped like a duck's beak, commonly used in medical applications to prevent contamination due to backflow.
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noun
Meaning 8
A kind of surgical mask with a trapezoid pouch-like design with shortened or absent side edges.
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noun
Meaning 9
A modern and more streamlined and tighter fitting version of a flat cap.
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noun
Meaning 10
Synonym of American paddlefish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Synonyms: American paddlefish
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having a beak resembling that of a duck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a duck-billed dinosaur
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Synonyms: duck-billed
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noun
Meaning 12
small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: platypus, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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Broader terms: monotreme, egg-laying mammal
noun
Meaning 13
primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: paddlefish, Polyodon spathula
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Broader terms: ganoid, ganoid fish
History
Etymology
From duck + bill.