duckfoot

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noun

plural duckfoots or duckfeet see numbered senses

1

duckfeet plural : dutch foot

2

duckfoots plural : a gastropod mollusk (Aporrhais occidentalis) of offshore waters of the western North Atlantic that has a long vertical aperture and a much-expanded somewhat triangular outer lip

called also duck's-foot shell

3

: a triangular cultivator blade or shovel used as an attachment to a cultivator

duckfoot

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transitive verb

"

-ed/-ing/-s

: to till land with a duckfoot cultivator

Word History

Etymology

Noun

duck entry 1 + foot

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Rhymes for duckfoot

• afoot
• barefoot
• bigfoot
• blackfoot
• caput
• clubfoot
• cocksfoot
• crowfoot
• forefoot
• input
• output
• rajput