1. plural of duckbill; animals with broad, flat bills resembling those of ducks, especially platypuses
2. plural of duckbill; dinosaurs of the hadrosaur family characterized by their duck-like bills
Usage: paleontology

Examples

• The museum’s exhibit featured several duckbills from the Cretaceous period.
• Duckbills were herbivorous dinosaurs that lived in herds.
• The platypus is one of the most unusual duckbills in the animal kingdom.
• Scientists discovered new fossils of duckbills in Montana.
• These duckbills had hundreds of small teeth for grinding plants.
• The aquarium’s duckbills swam gracefully in their habitat.