"duckbill" meaning in All languages combined

See duckbill on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-duckbill.wav Forms: duckbills [plural], duck-bill [alternative]
Etymology: From duck + bill. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|duck|bill}} duck + bill Head templates: {{en-noun}} duckbill (plural duckbills)
  1. (informal) The duck-billed platypus. Tags: informal Related terms (duckbilled, duck-billed): duck-billed cat Translations (duck-billed platypus): птицечовка (pticečovka) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-VW7Ndh72 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Monotremes, Ornithopods, Rays and skates Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 16 0 2 8 3 21 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 16 1 1 5 3 23 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 16 1 1 9 3 22 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 10 2 10 6 9 24 9 Disambiguation of Monotremes: 58 12 1 1 5 1 15 5 Disambiguation of Ornithopods: 38 26 2 2 7 2 18 6 Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 17 5 5 5 23 23 13 10 Disambiguation of 'duckbilled, duck-billed': 56 11 0 1 4 6 17 5 Disambiguation of 'duck-billed platypus': 81 5 0 1 2 1 8 2
  2. (informal) A hadrosaur. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-xAIbGntb
  3. A fish of the family Percophidae
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-I-mtVEyA Categories (other): Trachinoid fish Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 4 3 44 44 1 1 1 2
  4. A fish of the family Percophidae
    Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-tJhrN8Cs Categories (other): Trachinoid fish Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 4 3 44 44 1 1 1 2
  5. Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-yhc95Zzv Categories (other): Rays and skates Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 17 5 5 5 23 23 13 10
  6. (firefighting) A device used to force padlocks.
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-ZicIsOoG Categories (other): Firefighting, Rays and skates Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 17 5 5 5 23 23 13 10 Topics: firefighting, government
  7. 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.
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-CBtrfQj~ Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Rays and skates Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 10 1 1 5 6 41 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 29 10 2 10 6 9 24 9 Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 17 5 5 5 23 23 13 10
  8. A kind of surgical mask with a trapezoid pouch-like design with shortened or absent side edges.
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-LJue2Xx3 Categories (other): Rays and skates Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 17 5 5 5 23 23 13 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: duckbill barracudina (alt: Magnisudis atlantica), duckbill catfish (taxonomic: Sorubim lima), duckbill cat, duckbill catfish (taxonomic: Polyodon spathula), duckbill choke, duckbill conger (taxonomic: Gavialiceps javanicus), duckbill eagle-ray (taxonomic: Aetobatus narinari), duckbill eel (alt: Nettastoma parviceps, or Nessorhamphus ingolfianus) (taxonomic: Saurenchelys fierasfer), duckbill flathead (alt: Bembrops anatirostris), duckbill garfish, duckbill gar (taxonomic: Rhynchorhamphus georgii), duckbill grenadier (taxonomic: Coelorinchus anatirostris), duckbill oceanic eel (taxonomic: Nessorhamphus ingolfianus), dockbill pugolovka (taxonomic: Anatirostrum profundorum), duckbill ray (alt: Aetobatus narinari or Pteromylaeus bovinus), duckbill sleeper (taxonomic: Butis butis), duckbill whiptail (taxonomic: Coelorinchus anatirostris)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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