duck-billed

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The nest was labeled as belonging to a hadrosaur (duck-billed) dinosaur, but she soon discovered it was mistakenly identified.

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  1. Having a bill like a duck's, as that of the Ornithorhynchus.
  2. Duckbilled cat the fish Polyodon spatula, or paddle-fish. Also called spoon-billed cat.
  3. Duck-billed speculum. See speculum.

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  • The supposition that mammals had evolved from reptiles, Hubrecht averred, had for too long hinged on the modern day existence of egg-laying monotreme mammals like the duck-billed platypus. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • He rose to fame in 2000 with his discovery of Leonardo _ a mummified, 77-million-year-old duck-billed hadrosaur considered the world's best preserved dinosaur.
  • ACE Team's first-person punch-up Zeno Clash, in which you wrestle with a menagerie of duck-billed goodness-knowses in a beautiful fantasy setting, has been reduced in price by half until 8pm GMT today. —  Eurogamer
  • The duck-billed platypus is a truly unique animal; a monotreme with almost no close relatives alive on earth. —  Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • It is often said that a camel is a horse designed by committee but I suspect the SFA committee system would have produced a duck-billed platypus given the same original specifications.
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