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Definition of Duck-billed
1. Adjective. Having a beak resembling that of a duck. "A duck-billed dinosaur"
Definition of Duck-billed
1. Adjective. Especially of animal species, having facial features resembling the bill of a duck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duck-billed
Literary usage of Duck-billed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Evolution of Life: On the Theory of Action, Reaction and by Henry Fairfield Osborn (1917)
"... duck-billed, wading dinosaurs (Trachodon), with stalking limbs and elevated
bodies. Third, there are more fully aquatic, free- swimming forms with ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"On these grounds it is likewise preferable to discard the Anglicised term
duck-billed Platypus in favour of the simpler Duck-bill or Duck-Mole. ..."
3. Natural History of the World: With Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits edited by Alfred Henry Miles (1895)
"The duck-billed Platypus belongs to the former, the Australian Hedgehog ...
The The duck-billed Platypus is one if the most Duck,billed singular of animals. ..."
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