duckbill, fish

duckbill, fish: see paddlefish paddlefish, large freshwater fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi valley, also called spoonbill or duckbill and named for its flattened, paddle-shaped snout. The largest specimens weigh well over 150 lb (67.5 kg) and reach 6 ft (183 cm) in length.
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duckbill, marsupial

duckbill, marsupial: see platypus platypus , semiaquatic egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Tasmania and E Australia. Also called duckbill, or duckbilled platypus, it belongs to the order Monotremata (see monotreme), the most primitive group of living mammals.
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platypus

or duckbill

Monotreme amphibious mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of lakes and streams in eastern Australia and Tasmania. About 23 in. (60 cm) long, the squat-bodied platypus has a ducklike snout, short legs, webbed feet, and a beaverlike tail. Each day it eats nearly its own weight in crustaceans, fishes, frogs, mollusks, tadpoles, and earthworms; lacking teeth, it crushes its food with ridges in the bill. The female lays one to three eggs in a nest in a long twisting passage above the waterline. The young are weaned about four months after hatching. The male's heel bears a spur connected to a poison-secreting gland. Large fishes and perhaps snakes prey on platypuses. Formerly trapped for their dense, soft fur, they are now protected by law.

duckbill [′dək‚bil]

(mechanical engineering)

A shaking type of combination loader and conveyor whose loading end is generally shaped like a duck's bill.

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Duck-bills were hadrosaurs, a "very successful group" that enjoyed a pretty good life toward the end of the Cretaceous period before dinosaurs became extinct, Lucas said.

TRACKING DINOSAURS; DUCK-BILL'S FOSSILIZED PRINTS FOUND IN SAN JUAN ... by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

We hope to find more of this duck-bill in the ground this summer.

The dinosaur diaries; what we found in the Alberta Badlands last ... by Evans, David / ROM Magazine

Branded the duck-bill platypus by some pundits thanks to its extraordinary nose, the Italian company's novel six-seater people carrier isn't just intelligent .

Now it's a platypus with brains by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

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