Definitions for duckbill

duckbill duck·bill

Spelling: [duhk-bil]
IPA: /ˈdʌkˌbɪl/

Duckbill is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 117 anagrams from letters in duckbill (bcdikllu).

Definitions for duckbill

noun

  1. platypus.

Origin of duckbill

First recorded in 1550-60; duck1 + bill2

Examples for duckbill

It is the duckbill or duckmole, and is scientifically known as the Ornithorhynchus paradoxus.

The bald proposition shook me, for I could not but see the logic of it from duckbill's standpoint.

The duckbill deposits her eggs in her grass-lined burrow nest and covers them with her body until they quickly hatch.

Indeed, all, even to duckbill, would be flattered and demonstrative of pride in the alliance.

All wood except for a duckbill furrow opener in front and two duckbill row coverers in the rear, both made of metal.

The duckbill lays its eggs just like the reptile, but provides a warm nest for them at the bottom of its burrow.

This was the duckbill, or water-mole, which the Australians called the Patybus.

A message brought Dan, who first disdained to take duckbill seriously.

Many popular names have been given to it, such as Spadebill, Spoonbill, duckbill.

There may have been types more primitive than the duckbill, and others between the duckbill and the Marsupial.

Word Value for duckbill
Scrable

17

Words with friends

22

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