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Duckbill

See Duck mole, under Duck, n.

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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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Ganoid 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.

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Monotreme 76% connected

One of the Monotremata.

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Duck-billed 92% connected

Having a bill like that of a duck.

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Paddlefish 92% connected

A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed ca…

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Platypus 92% connected

The duck mole. See under Duck.

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Actinozoan noun · 86% connection

sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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Anapsid noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Anapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles

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Arachnid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arachnoid noun · 86% connection

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

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Arthropod noun · 86% connection

invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin

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Asian horseshoe crab noun · 86% connection

horseshoe crab of the coast of eastern Asia

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Centipede noun · 86% connection

chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being…

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Class Merostomata noun · 86% connection

used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida

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Cnidarian noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Coelenterate noun · 86% connection

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp a…

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Diapsid noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsid reptile noun · 86% connection

reptile having a pair of openings in the skull behind each eye

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Diapsida noun · 86% connection

used in former classifications to include all living reptiles except turtles; superseded by the two subclasses Lepidosauria and Archos…

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Eurypterid noun · 86% connection

large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs

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Eutherian noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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Eutherian mammal noun · 86% connection

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

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False scorpion noun · 86% connection

small nonvenomous arachnid resembling a tailless scorpion

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Annicut noun · 78% connection

A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.

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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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Breakwater noun · 78% connection

Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from t…

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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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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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Chrysochlore noun · 78% connection

A South African mole of the genus Chrysochloris; the golden mole, the fur of which reflects brilliant metallic hues of green and gold.

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Churrworm noun · 78% connection

An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket.

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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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Fen cricket unknown · 78% connection

The mole cricket.

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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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