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noun
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: shovelfish, spadefish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
The American paddlefish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, often, specifically, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: shovelfish, spadefish, American paddlefish, duckbill, duckbill cat, duck-billed cat, spoonbill, spoonbilled cat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature, paddlefish
noun
primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: duckbill, Polyodon spathula
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ganoid, ganoid fish
History
Etymology tree English paddle Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English paddlefish From paddle + fish.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
