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Platypus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. 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.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet — males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs; Ornithorhynchus anatinus

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The duck mole. See under duck.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In entomology, a genus of xylophagous beetles of the family Scolytidæ: synonymous in part with Bostrychus.

n. In mammalogy: A genus of monotremes, now called Ornithorhynchus.

n. [lowercase] The species of this genus; the duckbilled platypus. See cut under duckbill.

n. In ornithology, a genus of sea-ducks of the family Anatidæ and the subfamily Fuligulinæ: synonymous with Fulix.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

Word Usage

"The brown animal to the right of the platypus is a rhynchosaur."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

egg-laying mammal monotreme

Cross Reference

monotreme echidna

Variant

duck

Form

platypussary platypusary

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

duck mole duckbill duck-bill platypus duck-billed platypus watermole

Same Context

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