POLYODON SPATHULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polyodon spathula mean? 

• POLYODON SPATHULA (noun)
  The noun POLYODON SPATHULA has 1 sense:

1. primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout

  Familiarity information: POLYODON SPATHULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYODON SPATHULA (noun)

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Meaning:

Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

duckbill; paddlefish; Polyodon spathula

Hypernyms ("Polyodon spathula" is a kind of...):

ganoid; ganoid fish (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)

Holonyms ("Polyodon spathula" is a member of...):

genus Polyodon; Polyodon (type genus of the Polyodontidae)