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Duck-billed

Having a bill like that of a duck.

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Beaked 84% connected

Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

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Beaked 84% connected

Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.

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Duckbill 92% connected

See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

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Allonge verb · 78% connection

A slip of paper attached to a bill of exchange for receiving indorsements, when the back of the bill itself is already full; a rider.

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Bank note unknown · 78% connection

Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date; a bank bill. See Bank…

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Bill noun · 78% connection

Any paper, containing a statement of particulars; as, a bill of charges or expenditures; a weekly bill of mortality; a bill of fare, e…

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Billhook noun · 78% connection

A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill;…

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Bluebill noun · 78% connection

A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.

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Broadbill noun · 78% connection

A wild duck (Aythya, / Fuligula, marila), which appears in large numbers on the eastern coast of the United States, in autumn; -- call…

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Brown bill unknown · 78% connection

A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th Bill.

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Buffel duck unknown · 78% connection

A small duck (Charitonetta albeola); the spirit duck, or butterball. The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers,…

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Bufflehead noun · 78% connection

The buffel duck. See Buffel duck.

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Dentirostral adjective · 78% connection

Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrik…

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Dishonor verb · 78% connection

To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exch…

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Duck's-bill adjective · 78% connection

Having the form of a duck's bill.

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Dunbird noun · 78% connection

An American duck; the ruddy duck.

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Eider noun · 78% connection

Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, a…

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Enactment noun · 78% connection

The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a l…

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Gadwall noun · 78% connection

A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck.

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Hadrosaurus noun · 78% connection

any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic

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Hawk noun · 78% connection

One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the promi…

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