different between duckbilled vs duckbill

English

Etymology

duck +? billed

Adjective

duckbilled (not comparable)

1. Having a bill like that of a duck.
   • 2005, Carson Creagh, Simone Ende, Angela Milner, Dinosaurs

     The duckbilled dinosaurs (hadrosaurs) had broad, ducklike beaks. They walked or ran on their hind legs, and leaned down on their shorter front legs to graze on vegetation.

Alternative forms

• duck-billed

English

Alternative forms

• duck-bill

Etymology

duck +? bill

Noun

duckbill (plural duckbills)

1. (informal) The duck-billed platypus.
2. (informal) A hadrosaur.
3. A fish of the family Percophidae
   1. Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
4. Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).

Derived terms

• duckbill barracudina (Magnisudis atlantica)
• duckbill catfish (Sorubim lima)
• duckbill cat, duckbill catfish (Polyodon spathula)
• duckbill conger (Gavialiceps javanicus)
• duckbill eagle-ray (Aetobatus narinari)
• duckbill eel (Saurenchelys fierasfer, Nettastoma parviceps, or Nessorhamphus ingolfianus)
• duckbill flathead (Bembrops anatirostris)
• duckbill garfish, duckbill gar (Rhynchorhamphus georgii)
• duckbill grenadier (Coelorinchus anatirostris)
• duckbill oceanic eel (Nessorhamphus ingolfianus)
• dockbill pugolovka (Anatirostrum profundorum)
• duckbill ray (Aetobatus narinari or Pteromylaeus bovinus)
• duckbill sleeper (Butis butis)
• duckbill whiptail (Coelorinchus anatirostris)

Related terms

• duckbilled, duck-billed
  • duck-billed cat

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