duck bill
Quacker's flat mouth
The broad, flat beak of a duck, shaped for filtering food from water.
Duck bill describes anything with this distinctive flattened shape: a duck-bill cap has a wide, flat brim; the duck-billed platypus has a leathery snout resembling a duck's beak.
Also spelled as one word or hyphenated: duckbill, duck-bill.
- platypusEgg-laying Australian mammal
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- webbedConnected by membrane
- snoutBeast's protruding face
- flatLacking vertical variation
paddle · waterfowl · quack · mammal · Australia · river · venomous · spur · fur · eggs · monotreme · beaver · tail · wading · aquatic · rubbery · probe · dabble
- Donald Ducksailor suit, white feathers, beak, nephews, Huey
- bird beaksbeak, mandible, hooked beak, eagle beak, crossbill
- animal snoutssnout, long snout, short snout, pig snout
- bill-relatedinvoice, statement, tab, receipt, check