platypus (redirected from Marsupial duckbill)

plat·y·pus  (plt-ps)

n. pl. plat·y·pus·es

A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of Australia and Tasmania, having a broad flat tail, webbed feet, and a snout resembling a duck's bill. Also called duckbill, duck-billed platypus.

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[New Latin Platyps, former genus name, from Greek platupous, flat-footed : platu-, platy- + pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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platypus [ˈplætɪpəs]

n pl -puses

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See duck-billed platypus

[New Latin, from platy- + -pus, from Greek pous foot]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

platypus - small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae duck-billed platypus, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duckbill egg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria genus Ornithorhynchus, Ornithorhynchus - type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae

Translations

platypus [ˈplætɪpəs] N → ornitorrinco m

platypus

n → Schnabeltier nt