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DUCKBILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
Synonyms:
duck-billed platypus; duckbill; duckbilled platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("duckbill" is a kind of...):
egg-laying mammal; monotreme (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)
Holonyms ("duckbill" is a member of...):
genus Ornithorhynchus; Ornithorhynchus (type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
Synonyms:
duckbill; paddlefish; Polyodon spathula
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("duckbill" is a kind of...):
ganoid; ganoid fish (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)
Holonyms ("duckbill" is a member of...):
genus Polyodon; Polyodon (type genus of the Polyodontidae)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a beak resembling that of a duck
Example:
a duck-billed dinosaur
Synonyms:
duck-billed; duckbill
Classified under:
Similar:
beaked (having or resembling a beak)
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