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duckbill.

The duck-billed platypus.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The duck-billed platypus.

    informal
  2. A hadrosaur.

    informal
  3. A fish of the family Percophidae

  4. A fish of the family Percophidae Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).

  5. Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).

  6. A device used to force padlocks.

  7. 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.

  8. A kind of surgical mask with a trapezoid pouch-like design with shortened or absent side edges.

  9. A modern and more streamlined and tighter fitting version of a flat cap.

  10. Synonym of American paddlefish.

    US
Where this word comes from

From duck + bill.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.