[pad-l-fish] 
) -fish. | a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout. |
| pad·dle·fish (pād'l-fĭsh') n. pl. paddlefish or pad·dle·fish·es A fish of the family Polyodontidae, having a long paddle-shaped snout, especially Polyodon spathula of the Mississippi River basin. Also called spoonbill. |