Definitions for: Duckbill


[n] small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
[n] primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
[adj] having a beak resembling that of a duck; "a duck-billed dinosaur"



Webster (1913) Definition: Duck"bill`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

Synonyms: beaked, duck-billed, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, paddlefish, platypus, Polyodon spathula

See Also: egg-laying mammal, ganoid, ganoid fish, genus Ornithorhynchus, genus Polyodon, monotreme, Ornithorhynchus, Polyodon

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