Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duckbill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.69 in modern English

Syllables: duck-bill
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The duck-billed platypus.

Informal

noun

Informal

noun

A fish of the family Percophidae

noun

A fish of the family Percophidae

noun

Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).

noun

A device used to force padlocks.

noun

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.

noun

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

Etymology

From duck + bill.

Usage

Informal
American usage

Inflected Forms

duckbills (plural) duck-bill (alternative)

Phrases

dockbill pugolovka duckbill barracudina duckbill cat duckbill catfish duckbill choke duckbill conger duckbill eagle-ray duckbill eel

Frequently Paired Words

duck-billed cat duckbilled duck-billed

Synonyms

American paddlefish duck-billed platypus duckbilled platypus duck-billed platypus ornithorhynchus anatinus paddlefish polyodon spathula

Questions

What does duckbill mean?: The duck-billed platypus.
Where does duckbill come from?: From duck + bill.

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