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Duckbill

noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a beak resembling that of a duck wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The duck-billed platypus. informal
  2. 2
    small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae wordnet
  3. 3
    A hadrosaur. informal
  4. 4
    primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout wordnet
  5. 5
    A fish of the family Percophidae
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  1. 6
    A fish of the family Percophidae; Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
  2. 7
    Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
  3. 8
    A device used to force padlocks.
  4. 9
    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.
  5. 10
    A kind of surgical mask with a trapezoid pouch-like design with shortened or absent side edges.
  6. 11
    A modern and more streamlined and tighter fitting version of a flat cap

Etymology

From duck + bill.

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