Associations to the word «Platypus»

Wiktionary

PLATYPUS, noun. A semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal of action 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
PLATYPUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae   — certain weevils.

Dictionary definition

PLATYPUS, noun. Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae.

Wise words

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