n. The duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, a monotrematous oviparous mammal of Australia, having a horny beak like a duck's, whence the name. Also duck-mole. See Ornithorhynchus.n. Same as duck-billed speculum (which see, under speculum).n. [In allusion to the shape of the toe.] A broad-toed shoe of the fifteenth century.n. Polyodon spathula, one of the ganoid fishes of the order Salachostomi. Two species are known inhabiting fresh waters of the United States and China.