DUCKBILL as NOUN

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
   Synonym(s)
   • duck-billed platypus (what does duck-billed platypus mean?)
   • duckbilled platypus (what does duckbilled platypus mean?)
   • Ornithorhynchus anatinus (what does Ornithorhynchus anatinus mean?)
   • platypus (what does platypus mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) duckbill is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • monotreme (what does monotreme mean?)
   • egg-laying mammal (what does egg-laying mammal mean?)
2. Meaning
   • primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
   Synonym(s)
   • paddlefish (what does paddlefish mean?)
   • Polyodon spathula (what does Polyodon spathula mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) duckbill is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • ganoid (what does ganoid mean?)
   • ganoid fish (what does ganoid fish mean?)

DUCKBILL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having a beak resembling that of a duck
   Synonym(s)
   • duck-billed (what does duck-billed mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a duck-billed dinosaur
   Similar To
   • beaked (what does beaked mean?)