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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
     1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
        Anatid[ae].
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
           into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
           are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas); the wood
           duck ({Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
           China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
           originally of South America ({Cairina moschata). Among
           the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
        person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Here be, without duck or nod,
              Other trippings to be trod.           --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Bombay duck (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See Bummalo.
  
     Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
  
     Duck ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica
        which builds large nests in trees.
  
     Duck barnacle. (Zo["o]l.) See Goose barnacle.
  
     Duck hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
        (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
  
     Duck mole (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
        having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
        ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
        Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
        or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
        mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
        
  
     To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
        so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
        the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
  
     To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it
        away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
        
  
     Lame duck. See under Lame.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Duckbill \Duck"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     See Duck mole, under Duck, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
     1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
        Anatid[ae].
  
     Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
           into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
           are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas); the wood
           duck ({Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
           China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
           originally of South America ({Cairina moschata). Among
           the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
  
     2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
        person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
  
              Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be
              trod.                                 --Milton.
  
     Bombay duck (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See Bummalo.
  
     Buffel duck, or Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
  
     Duck ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica
        which builds large nests in trees.
  
     Duck barnacle. (Zo["o]l.) See Goose barnacle.
  
     Duck hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
        (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
  
     Duck mole (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
        having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
        ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
        Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
        or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
        mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
        
  
     To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
        so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
        the water, raising a succession of jets

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Duckbill \Duck"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  duck-bill
     n.
     (alternative form of en duckbill)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  duckbill
     n.
     1 (lb en informal) The duck-billed platypus.
     2 (lb en informal) A hadrosaur.
     3 A fish of the family (taxlink Percophidae family noshow=1)
     4 # (taxlink Percophis brasiliensis species noshow=1) ((vern:
  Brazilian flathead)).
     5 (vern bull ray Bull ray) ((taxlink Aetomylaeus bovinus species
  ver=191008), now (taxlink Pteromylaeus bovinus species ver=191008)).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  duck-bill
     n.
     (alternative form of en duckbill)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  duckbill
     n.
     1 (lb en informal) The duck-billed platypus.
     2 (lb en informal) A hadrosaur.
     3 A fish of the family (taxlink Percophidae family noshow=1)
     4 # (taxlink Percophis brasiliensis species noshow=1) ((vern:
  Brazilian flathead)).
     5 (vern bull ray Bull ray) ((taxlink Aetomylaeus bovinus species
  ver=191008), now (taxlink Pteromylaeus bovinus species ver=191008)).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  duck-bill
     n.
     (alternative form of en duckbill)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  duckbill
     n.
     1 (lb en informal) The duck-billed platypus.
     2 (lb en informal) A hadrosaur.
     3 A fish of the family (taxlink Percophidae family noshow=1)
     4 # (taxlink Percophis brasiliensis species noshow=1) ((vern:
  Brazilian flathead)).
     5 (vern bull ray Bull ray) ((taxlink Aetomylaeus bovinus species
  ver=191008), now (taxlink Pteromylaeus bovinus species ver=191008)).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  duck-bill
     n.
     (alternative form of en duckbill)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  duckbill
     n.
     1 (lb en informal) The duck-billed platypus.
     2 (lb en informal) A hadrosaur.
     3 A fish of the family (taxlink Percophidae family noshow=1)
     4 # (taxlink Percophis brasiliensis species noshow=1) ((vern:
  Brazilian flathead)).
     5 (vern bull ray Bull ray) ((taxlink Aetomylaeus bovinus species
  ver=191008), now (taxlink Pteromylaeus bovinus species ver=191008)).

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/
  منقار البطّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/ 
  птицечовка
  duck-billed platypus

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/ 
  ptakopysk

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/
   [coll.] Schnabeltier  [zool.]
           Note: Ornithorhynchus anatinus
     Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, platypus
  
   see: platypuses, duckbills
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  duck-bill /dˈʌkbˈɪl/
  csôrös emlôs

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  duckbill /dˈʌkbɪl/
  1. vücudu kunduza benzeyen, ördek gibi gagası olan ve ayakları perdeli Avustralya'ya mahsus bir hayvan, (zool.)) Ornithorhynchus anatinus.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 鸭嘴兽

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