duckbill cat

Meanings

nounduckbill cat (plural duckbill cats)

Synonym of American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)
The paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), locally known as "spoonbill," "duckbill cat," and "shovelfish, " is found in all the larger streams of the Mississippi Valley
1911, United States. Bureau of the Census, United States. Bureau of Fisheries, Fisheries of the United States, 1908, page 75
Synonyms: American paddlefish, paddlefish, shovelfish, spoonbill, duck-bill catfish, Mississippi paddlefish, spadefish, spoonbill cat

nounSynonym of American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)

Similar

American paddlefish paddlefish shovelfish spoonbillduck-bill catfishMississippi paddlefishspadefishspoonbill catspoonbill catfish

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