duckbill

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
noun small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
adjective having a beak resembling that of a duck

From duck + bill.

Here we have Mr. Duckbill of no little fame; His mouth, you will see, is what gives him his name. — Animal Children: The Friends of the Forest and the Plain, Edith Brown Kirkwood

paddlefish, Polyodon spathula

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