duckbill
See also: duck-bill
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Noun
duckbill (plural duckbills)
- (informal) The duck-billed platypus.
- (informal) A hadrosaur.
- A fish of the family Percophidae
- Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
- (firefighting) A device used to force padlocks.
- 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.
- A kind of surgical mask with a trapezoid pouch-like design with shortened or absent side edges.
Derived terms
- dockbill pugolovka (Anatirostrum profundorum)
- duckbill barracudina (Magnisudis atlantica)
- duckbill cat, duckbill catfish (Polyodon spathula)
- duckbill catfish (Sorubim lima)
- duckbill choke
- duckbill conger (Gavialiceps javanicus)
- duckbill eagle-ray (Aetobatus narinari)
- duckbill eel (Saurenchelys fierasfer, Nettastoma parviceps, or Nessorhamphus ingolfianus)
- duckbill flathead (Bembrops anatirostris)
- duckbill garfish, duckbill gar (Rhynchorhamphus georgii)
- duckbill grenadier (Coelorinchus anatirostris)
- duckbill oceanic eel (Nessorhamphus ingolfianus)
- duckbill ray (Aetobatus narinari or Pteromylaeus bovinus)
- duckbill sleeper (Butis butis)
- duckbill whiptail (Coelorinchus anatirostris)
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Translations
duck-billed platypus — see platypus