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Meanings of paddlefish in English
Portuguese
peixe-espátula Spanish
polyodontidae Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout.
Synonyms
Examples for "duckbill"
Examples for "duckbill"
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.
Usage of paddlefish in English
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.
6
The sturddlefish inherits the sturgeon's mouth and its taste for other animals, while some have gained slightly smaller versions of the paddlefish' fins and snout.
7
Sturgeon have receptors in the skin of their heads, for example, and the North American paddlefish has 70,000 receptors in its snout and head.
Frequent collocations
Translations for paddlefish
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Catalan
Paddlefish through the time