PLATYPUS


Meaning of PLATYPUS in English

[ 'platɪpəs ]

(also duck-billed ~ )

■ noun ( plural ~es ) a semiaquatic egg-laying Australian mammal with a sensitive pliable bill like that of a duck and webbed feet with venomous spurs. [ Ornithorhynchus anatinus .]

Origin

C18: mod. L., from Gk platupous 'flat-footed'.

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