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Meanings of duckbill in anglès
A semi-aquatic mammal of the species Ornithorhynchus anatinus that lays eggs.
portuguès
peixe-espátula espanyol
polyodontidae Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout.
Sinònims
Examples for "paddlefish"
Examples for "paddlefish"
1
Missouri state law prohibits the transportation of paddlefish eggs that have been removed or extracted from a paddlefish carcass.
2
State law also prohibits the sale or purchase, or offer of sale or purchase, of paddlefish eggs and restricts the purchase of whole paddlefish.
3
Using the dossiers as a guide, they created primers-short ,jigsawlikestrands of DNA-eachdesigned to match a specific species of sturgeon or paddlefish DNA.
4
The American paddlefish is a protected species, while the only other species of the fish, the Chinese paddlefish, is believed to have recently become extinct.
5
Eight sturddlefish had their genes analysed, and while some appear genetically closer to sturgeon, others are a near perfect mix of sturgeon and paddlefish DNA.
Usage of duckbill in anglès
1
In closing arguments, they likened him to a duckbill platypus.
2
Jonathan whipped off his hat to show Nana the duckbill.
3
The eyes, protruding above the flat duckbill, were gentle and soft like a cow's.
4
Certainly we'll praise God for his creativity and humor (consider the duckbill platypus).
5
One duckbill struck a boulder and it rolled past them, out into the field beyond.
6
But the little duckbill is a queer animal, too.
7
Stone's knives have no duckbill blades, no wide, stubby blades, no guard between the handle and the blade itself.
8
If you lived in Australia, you would hear the natives call the little duckbill by three different names-Tambreet ,orTohunbuck, or Mallangong.
9
She tilted two-thirds of the south-facing floor-to-ceiling windows away from the sun, letting the structure make its own shade -no duckbill protrusions required.
10
Hora derided the geek defense and the likening by defense attorney William DuBois of his client as a duckbill platypus, a strange and bizarre animal.
11
That meant a herd of ten thousand duckbills would support only twenty-five tyrannosaurs.
12
In the distance, the duckbills were honking and starting to run.
13
A message brought Dan, who first disdained to take Duckbill seriously.
14
Some of the duckbills kept drinking, but the big adults looked up suspiciously.
15
They are only ten inches long, but Master Duckbill is proud of them.
16
There were six of them, big brown duckbills fifteen feet high, with curving snouts.
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Frequent collocations
Translations for duckbill
portuguès
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