SINCE 1828
duckfoot
noun
plural duckfoots
or duckfeetsee numbered senses
Definition of duckfoot
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
transitive verb
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-ed/-ing/-s
Definition of duckfoot (Entry 2 of 2)
: to till land with a duckfoot cultivator
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