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Platypus

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Noun

1. duck-billed platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus

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

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Platypus

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noun plural -puses
duck-billed platypus

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Platypus

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nounWord forms: plural ˈplatypuses or ˈplatyˌpi (ˈplætɪˌpaɪ ; platˈipīˌ)
a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of Australia and Tasmania, with webbed feet, a beaverlike tail, and a ducklike bill; duckbill

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Platypus

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n. pl. plat·y·pus·es
A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of eastern Australia and Tasmania, having a broad flat tail, webbed feet, a snout resembling a duck's bill, and in the male, venomous spurs on the hind legs. Also called duckbill, duck-billed platypus.

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