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Definition: Duckbill |
DuckbillAdjective1. Having a beak resembling that of a duck; "a duck-billed dinosaur". Noun1. Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout. 2. Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | The name given to a shaking-type combination loading and conveying device, so named from the shape of its loading end and which generally receivesits motion from the shaking conveyor to which it is attached. (references) |
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Synonyms: DuckbillSynonyms: duck-billed (adj), duckbilled platypus (n), duck-billed platypus (n), paddlefish (n), platypus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Duckbill |
| Specialty definitions using "duckbill": duckbill operator, duckbill weir cross regulator ♦ feeder trough ♦ Goodman duckbill loader ♦ operating carrier ♦ ratchet man ♦ shaker-shovel loader, shovel trough, sliding shoe. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Duckbill eel in a sand channel between basalt flows at 780 m depth. Nettastoma. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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| "Duckbill" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Duckbill" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "duckbill": duckbill weir ♦ duckbill weir cross regulator. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
duckbill platypus | 32 |
duckbill | 10 |
duckbill anchor | 9 |
duckbill valve | 8 |
check duckbill valve | 6 |
duckbill picture platypus | 3 |
dinosaur duckbill | 2 |
duckbill platapus | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "duckbill"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ornitoring. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | البلا تبوس منقار البطة حيوان مائي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вид риба (garfish, runner, saury, scup, sheep's head, snapper, yellow belly), птицечовка (ornithorhyncus, platypus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stemmevaerk med andenaebsoverloeb (duckbill weir cross regulator), laesseanordninger som f.eks. et andenaeb (loading units such as the duckbill loader), andenaebsoverloeb (duckbill weir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | laadmachine met eendensnavel (duckbill loader, shaker-shovel loader), eendensnavelstuw (duckbill weir), als dwarsoverlaat uitgevoerde snavelvormige stuw (duckbill weir cross regulator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | dispositifs de chargement dont le bec de canard ou bec pelleteur (loading units such as the duckbill loader), déversoir en bec de canard (duckbill weir), régulateur déversoir en bec de canard (duckbill weir cross regulator), nez en bec de canard (duckbill nose), chargeuse bec de canard (duckbill loader). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schnabeltier (platypus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ορνιθόρυγχοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ברוזן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ornitorinco (platypus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | kione-thunnag. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uckbillday ornitorrinco (ornithorhyncus). (various references) утконос (ornithorhyncus, platypus). (various references) kljunar (ornithorhyncus, platypus). (various references) ornitorrinco (platypus). (various references) näbbdjur (platypus). (various references) perde ayaklı avustralya hayvanı. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "duckbill": duckbills. (additional references) | |
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"Duckbill" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: duckhill. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-d-i-k-l-l-u" | |
-3 letters: build, lucid, ludic. | |
-4 letters: bilk, bill, buck, bulk, bull, club, cull, dick, dill, duci, duck, dull, kill, lick, luck. | |
-5 letters: bid, bud, cub, cud, dib, dub, dui, ick, ilk, ill, kid, lib, lid. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-d-i-k-l-l-u" | |
+1 letter: duckbills. | |
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