duckbill 
1. primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout • Syn: paddlefish, Polyodon spathula • Hypernyms: ganoid, ganoid fish • Member Holonyms: Polyodon, genus Polyodon 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 • Syn: platypus, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus • Hypernyms: monotreme, egg-laying mammal • Member Holonyms: Ornithorhynchus, genus Ornithorhynchus
having a beak resembling that of a duck - a duck-billed dinosaur • Syn: duck-billed • Similar to: beaked
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