duckbill
Meaning
- (informal) The duck-billed platypus.
- (informal) A hadrosaur.
- A fish of the family Percophidae
- A fish of the family Percophidae
- Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).
- 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.
Synonyms
duckbilled platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Polyodon spathula
bullray
duckbill ray
spoonbill catfish
bull ray
Translations
Etymology
From duck + bill.
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