duckbill adj : having a beak resembling that of a duck; "a duck-billed dinosaur" [syn: duck-billed]

1 primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout [syn: paddlefish, Polyodon spathula]

2 small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: platypus, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus]

English

Noun

1. The duck-billed platypus
2. The hadrosaur
3. The paddlefish

Derived terms

• duck-billed

Duckbill may refer to:

• Platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus
• Duckbill dinosaurs, family Hadrosauridae.
• Duckbill fishes, family Percophidae.
• Duckbill eels, family Nettastomatidae.
• Duckbill valve, a valve used to prevent backflow.