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 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]