Noun: paddlefish 'pa-d(u)l,fish
- Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
"The paddlefish uses its distinctive snout to detect plankton in the water";
- duckbill, Polyodon spathula
Derived forms: paddlefishes
Type of: ganoid, ganoid fish
Part of: genus Polyodon, Polyodon
Encyclopedia: Paddlefish