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paddlefish

N ปลา ขนาดใหญ่ จำพวก  Polyodon spthula มี จมูก ยาว แบน เหมือน ใบ พาย 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PADDLEFISH

PADDLEFISH Pad "dle *fish `, n. (Zoöl )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

paddlefish

pad dle fish |ˈpadlˌfiSH ˈpædlˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or paddlefishes ) a large, mainly freshwater fish related to the sturgeon, with an elongated snout. [The plankton-feeding Polyodon spathula of the Mississippi basin, and the fish-eating Psephurus gladius of the Yangtze River, the only surviving members of the family Polyodontidae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

paddlefish

paddle |fish |ˈpad (ə )lfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or paddlefishes ) a large mainly freshwater fish related to the sturgeon, with an elongated snout. ●The plankton-feeding Polyodon spathula of the Mississippi basin, and the fish-eating Psephurus gladius of the Yangtze River, the only surviving members of the family Polyodontidae.