Duckbill
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Duckbill is a noun meaning (informal) The duck-billed platypus.
Meaning
(informal) The duck-billed platypus.
More Meanings
- (informal) A hadrosaur.
- A fish of the family Percophidae
- Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
- (firefighting) A device used to force padlocks.
- A kind of surgical mask with a trapezoid pouch-like design with shortened or absent side edges.
- A modern and more streamlined and tighter fitting version of a flat cap.
- A check valve with two or more flaps, usually shaped like a duck's beak, commonly used in medical applications to prevent contamination due to backflow.
Word Forms
- duckbills
- duck-bill
Synonyms for duckbill
Depending on context, synonyms include platypus, paddlefish, beaked, duck-billed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include duck-billed, platypus, beaked, paddlefish, speculum, ornithorhynchid.
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