Ducks Bill - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: ducks billDucks bill
Having the form of a ducks bill...
Duck billed platypus
same as Duck Mole under Duck...
duck billed
having a beak resembling that of a duck...
hadrosaur
Any member of the genus Hadrosaurus or family Hadrosauridae an extinct family of heavy bipedal partly aquatic dinosaurs with duck billed skull and webbed feet of the Upper Cretaceous in North America...
Hadrosauridae
A natural family of extinct reptiles including the duck billed dinosaurs...
Paddlefish
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...
Muscovy duck
A duck Cairina moschata larger than the common duck often raised in poultry yards Called also musk duck It is native of tropical America from Mexico to Southern Brazil...
bill
bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the GI ] ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill [ə-prō-prē-ā-shənz-] : a bill providing money for government expenses and programs NOTE: Appropriations bills originate in the House of Representatives. bill of attainder 1 : a legislative act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry 2 : a legislative act that imposes any punishment on a named or implied individual or group without a trial NOTE: Bills of attainder are prohibited by Article I of the U.S. Constitution. bill of pains and penalties : a legislative act formerly permitted that imposed a punishment less severe than death without benefit of a judicial trial compare bill of attainder in this entry NOTE: The term bill of attainder is often used to include bills of p...
Buffel duck
A small duck Charitonetta albeola the spirit duck or butterball The head of the male is covered with numerous elongated feathers and thus appears large Called also bufflehead...
Decoy duck
A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy hence a person employed to lure others into danger...
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