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paddlefish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paddlefish has 1 sense
- paddlefish(n = noun.animal) duckbill, polyodon spathula - primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout; Array is a kind of ganoid, ganoid fish
is a member of genus polyodon, polyodon
CIDE DICTIONARY
paddlefish, n.
A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula ) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat , and spoonbill sturgeon . [1913 Webster]
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