duckbill cat

English

A drawing of a duckbill cat

Alternative forms

duck-bill cat

Noun

duckbill cat (plural duckbill cats)

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

Synonyms

(Polyodon spathula): paddlefish, shovelfish, spoonbill, duck-bill catfish, Mississippi paddlefish, spadefish, spoonbill cat, spoonbill catfish

References

Polyodon spathula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polyodon spathula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polyodon spathula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
duckbill cat at Fishbase

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