Hyphenation of duckbill

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word duckbill? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

duck-bill

Definitions of duckbill:

1.	Primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
2.	Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet Only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
3.	Having a beak resembling that of a duck A duck-billed dinosaur

Synonyms of duckbill:

adj	duck-billed, beaked
noun	paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, ganoid, ganoid fish
noun	platypus, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, monotreme, egg-laying mammal

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.