platypus

plat·y·pus

 (plăt′ĭ-pəs)

n. pl. plat·y·pus·es

A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of eastern Australia and Tasmania, having a broad flat tail, webbed feet, a snout resembling a duck's bill, and in the male, venomous spurs on the hind legs. Also called duckbill, duck-billed platypus.

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[New Latin Platypūs, 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

(Animals) See duck-billed platypus

[C18: New Latin, from platy- + -pus, from Greek pous foot]

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plat•y•pus

(ˈplæt ɪ pəs, -ˌpʊs)

n., pl. -pus•es, -pi (-ˌpaɪ)

an aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a broad, flat tail, and a ducklike bill. Also called duckbill.

[1790–1800; < New Latin < Greek platýpous flat-footed =platy- platy- + -pous, adj. derivative of poús foot]

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plat·y·pus

(plăt′ĭ-pəs)

An egg-laying mammal of Australia and Tasmania that spends much of its life in water. Platypuses have a broad flat tail, webbed feet, and a snout resembling a duck's bill.

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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 duckbilled platypus, duck-billed 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

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Translations

птицечовка

ptakopysk

næbdyr

Schnabeltier

πλατύπους

ornitorrinco

nokkloom

vesinokkaeläin

ornithorynque

čudnovati kljunaš

platipus

breiðnefur

ornitorinco

ančiasnapis

vogelbekdier

nebbdyr

dziobak

ornitorrinco

ornitorinc

утконос

kljunaš

näbbdjur

gagalı memeli

качкодзьоб

platypus

[ˈplætɪpəs] N → ornitorrinco m

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platypus

n → Schnabeltier nt

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