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[ duhk-bil ] / ˈdʌkˌbɪl /
Also called duckbill platypus, duck-billed platypus. Origin of duckbillFirst recorded in 1550–60; duck1 + bill2 Words nearby duckbillduchesse brisée, duchess potatoes, duchy, duck, duck and drake, duckbill, duck-billed dinosaur, duck-billed platypus, duckboard, duck-egg, duck-egg blue Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for duckbillHere we have Mr. Duckbill of no little fame; His mouth, you will see, is what gives him his name. Animal Children|Edith Brown Kirkwood The bald proposition shook me, for I could not but see the logic of it from Duckbill's standpoint. Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield Duckbill and his friends, as we were well aware, knew of our plans for the defeat of his proposed outrage. Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield Indeed, all, even to Duckbill, would be flattered and demonstrative of pride in the alliance. Tropic Days|E. J. Banfield
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