duck-bill
Webfoot mammal's muzzle
A duck-bill is any broad, flat projection resembling a duck's beak.
The term most often describes the duck-billed platypus, an egg-laying Australian mammal with a distinctive flattened snout.
Duck-bill also appears in compound forms: a duck-bill cap has a wide, flat brim; duck-bill pliers have broad, flat jaws for gripping.
Egg-laying mammal
- egg-layingReproducing via external ova
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- spurIncentive or heel device
- webbedConnected by membrane
Australian · nocturnal · burrow · semiaquatic · snout · insectivorous · carnivorous · streamlined
Horny avian mouthpart
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- flattenedMade smooth or level
- broadWide in span
- spatulateWide and rounded terminally
rubbery · leathery · nostril · sensory · keratin · elongated · rounded · flexible
Sensory cells detecting pressure
- electroreceptorsBiological voltage detectors
- ampullaeSmall rounded vessels
- tactileOf the touching sense
- sensoryRelated to perception
foraging · navigation · probe · vibrations · pressure · texture · locate · sensitive
Departure from the expected
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- curiosityDesire to learn
- quirkPeculiar behavioral trait
- bizarreStrikingly unconventional
unusual · strange · novelty · unique · aberration · eccentricity · freak · exotic
monotreme
Egg-laying mammal
- egg-layingReproducing via external ova
- venomousProducing injected toxins
- spurIncentive or heel device
webbed · Australian · nocturnal · burrow · semiaquatic · snout · insectivorous · carnivorous · streamlined · leathery
beak
Horny avian mouthpart
spatulate · rubbery · leathery · nostril · sensory · keratin · elongated · rounded · flexible
mechanoreceptors
Sensory cells detecting pressure
- electroreceptorsBiological voltage detectors
- ampullaeSmall rounded vessels
- tactileOf the touching sense
sensory · foraging · navigation · probe · vibrations · pressure · texture · locate · sensitive · pulses
anomaly
Departure from the expected
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- curiosityDesire to learn
- quirkPeculiar behavioral trait
bizarre · unusual · strange · novelty · unique · aberration · eccentricity · freak · exotic · singularity