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duck-bill

duck-bill is the alternative form of duckbill.

Meaning of duckbill

Noun

duckbill (plural duckbills)

  1. (informal) The duck-billed platypus.
  2. (informal) A hadrosaur.
  3. A fish of the family Percophidae
    1. Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
  4. Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
  5. A device used to force padlocks.

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Forms of duck-bill

pluralduck-bills

Phrases with duck-bill

Questions about duck-bill

What is duck-bill the alternative form of?
Duck-bill is the alternative form of duckbill.

Words near duck-bill in the dictionary

  1. duck's-meat
  2. duck, duck, goose
  3. duck, duck, gray duck
  4. duck, duck, grey duck
  5. duck-arsed
  6. duck-bill
  7. duck-bill cat
  8. duck-bill cats
  9. duck-billed
  10. duck-billed cat
  11. duck-billed cats

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