duckbill
fish
Also known as: Percophidae
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The term "duckbill" can refer to a few different things, primarily related to fish.
One is the duckbill catfish, also known as the shovelnose catfish.1
Another is the duck-billed cat, which is another name for the paddlefish. This term was first used in 1879.2
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