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Synonyms for paddlefish

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Noun

1. Spoonbill — any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle. The…

duck-bill, spoonbill, duck-bill cat, spadefish, shovelfish, spoonbilled cat US, duck-billed cat dated US

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle. The American paddlefish.

Related words

Is a kind of
fish vertebrate animal organism creature

Forms

Plural
paddlefishes → duck-bills, spoonbills, spadefishes…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
paddlefishrising
spoonbillsteady
spadefishfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

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9 letters
spoonbill, spadefish
10 letters
shovelfish