"duckbill" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-duckbill.wav [US] Forms: duckbills [plural]
Etymology: 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 Categories (lifeform): Monotremes, Ornithopods, Rays and skates, Trachinoid fish Related terms (duckbilled, duck-billed): duck-billed cat Translations (duck-billed platypus): птицечовка (pticečovka) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-VW7Ndh72 Disambiguation of Monotremes: 58 24 2 5 11 Disambiguation of Ornithopods: 57 25 3 3 13 Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 15 9 34 34 7 Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 15 10 35 35 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 24 0 2 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 26 1 2 7 Disambiguation of 'duckbilled, duck-billed': 76 15 0 2 7 Disambiguation of 'duck-billed platypus': 90 7 0 1 2
  2. (informal) A hadrosaur. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-xAIbGntb
  3. A fish of the family Percophidae Categories (lifeform): Rays and skates, Trachinoid fish
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-I-mtVEyA Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 15 9 34 34 7 Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 15 10 35 35 5
  4. A fish of the family Percophidae
    Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
    Categories (lifeform): Rays and skates, Trachinoid fish
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-tJhrN8Cs Disambiguation of Rays and skates: 15 9 34 34 7 Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 15 10 35 35 5
  5. Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
    Sense id: en-duckbill-en-noun-yhc95Zzv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: duck-bill
Derived forms: duckbill barracudina (alt: Magnisudis atlantica), duckbill catfish (taxonomic: Sorubim lima), duckbill cat, duckbill catfish (taxonomic: Polyodon spathula), 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)

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