Duckbill

also called the duckmole, water-mole, or duck-billed platypus, a genus of mammals peculiar to Australia and the neighboring islands. It is of all animals which suckle their young the most like a bird. It has a rather flat body of. about 18 inches in length, and the head and snout greatly resemble those of a duck, whence the popular name; the feet are webbed and flat, tail short, broad, and flat.