plat·y·pus (pl t  -p s)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. [New Latin Platyp  s, former genus name, from Greek platupous, flat-footed : platu-, platy- + pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.] |
platypus [ˈplætɪpəs]
n pl -puses
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See duck-billed platypus
[New Latin, from platy- + -pus, from Greek pous foot]
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| 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 Ornithorhynchidaeegg-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
n → Schnabeltier nt
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