duckbill

adj : having a beak resembling that of a duck; "a duck-billed

dinosaur" [syn: {duck-billed}]

n 1: primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long

paddle-shaped snout [syn: {paddlefish}, {Polyodon

spathula}]

2: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and

Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet;

only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: {platypus},

{duckbilled platypus}, {duck-billed platypus}, {Ornithorhynchus

anatinus}]