noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
duckbilled platypus
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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One must remember, too, that Patrick Barrington's literary platypus was herself employed in the Foreign Office!
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The platypus , along with its cousins the echidnas, is an egg-laying mammal yet suckles its young on milk!
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The duck-billed platypus is an even more astonishing animal.
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The male platypus possesses on its hind legs a large, reversible spur.
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The male of the duck-billed platypus has sharp poison-spurs on its hind legs.
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The mystery with the platypus venom is why it evolved.
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The only other type of mammal to employ chemical warfare is the duck-billed platypus .