paddlefish

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Definition of paddlefish in English English dictionary: Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle; {i} large freshwater fish having long paddle-shaped snout (inhabitant of the Mississippi River and its streams and the Yangtze River); Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon; Either of two species (family Polyodontidae) of archaic freshwater fishes with a paddlelike snout, wide mouth, smooth skin, and cartilaginous skeleton. It feeds with mouth gaping open, gill rakers straining plankton from the water. The American paddlefish, or spoonbill (Polyodon spathula), is greenish or gray and averages 40 lbs (18 kg); it lives in the open waters of the Mississippi basin. The other known species (Psephurus gladius), a larger fish with a more slender snout, inhabits the Chang (Yangtze) River basin. The flesh of both species resembles catfish; the roe can be made into caviar; Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have along snout shaped like a paddle; primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout; It has a long spatula-shaped snout; A large ganoid fish (Polyodon spathula) found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley
The paddlefish: spoonbill
The paddlefish: duckbill
chinese paddlefish: fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish

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