duckfoot
nounDefinition 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 verbDefinition of duckfoot (Entry 2 of 2)
: to till land with a duckfoot cultivator
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