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duckbill

duckbill noun: the duck-billed platypus.

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.
  6. 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.
  7. A kind of surgical mask with a trapezoid pouch-like design with shortened or absent side edges.
  8. A modern and more streamlined and tighter fitting version of a flat cap.
  9. (US) Synonym of American paddlefish.

duckbill meaning in Tamil

duckbill in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of duckbill

Forms of duckbill

pluralduckbills
alternative formduck-bill

Origin of duckbill

From duck + bill.

Words formed from duckbill

  • dockbill pugolovka
  • duckbill barracudina
  • duckbill cat
  • duckbill catfish
  • duckbill choke
  • duckbill conger
  • duckbill eagle-ray
  • duckbill eel
  • duckbill flathead
  • duckbill garfish
  • duckbill gar
  • duckbill grenadier
  • duckbill oceanic eel
  • duckbill ray
  • duckbill sleeper
  • duckbill whiptail

Phrases with duckbill

Questions about duckbill

What does duckbill mean?
Duckbill means the duck-billed platypus.
What is duckbill in Tamil?
Duckbill in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Duckbill meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is duckbill?
Duckbill is a noun.
What is the plural of duckbill?
The plural of duckbill is duckbills.

Words near duckbill in the dictionary

  1. duckano
  2. duckanoo
  3. duckanoos
  4. duckanos
  5. duckarsed
  6. duckbill
  7. duckbill cat
  8. duckbill cats
  9. duckbilled
  10. duckbills
  11. duckblind

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duckbill (page history and authors); duckbill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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