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Platypus   /plˈætəpˌʊs/   Listen
Platypus

noun
1.
Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae.  Synonyms: duck-billed platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus.





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"Platypus" Quotes from Famous Books



... the duck-billed platypus, the Rev. J. G. Wood, in "Homes without Hands," has some pertinent remarks upon the manner in which nearly all taxidermists allow the cuticle to dry and shrivel, to the ultimate distortion ...
— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne


Words linked to "Platypus" :   genus Ornithorhynchus, egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, monotreme


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