- duck-billed platypus
- also duckbill platypus noun Date: 1799 platypus
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Duck-billed platypus — Duck billed plat y*pus, a. same as {Duck Mole}, under {Duck}.. Syn: duck mole, duckbill, duck bill platypus, platypus. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
duck-billed 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 • Syn: ↑platypus, ↑duckbill, ↑duckbilled platypus, ↑Ornithorhynchus anatinus •… … Useful english dictionary
duck-billed platypus — ančiasnapis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Ornithorhynchus anatinus angl. duckbill; duck billed platypus; duckmole; platypus vok. Schnabeltier rus. утконос pranc. ornithorhynque ryšiai: platesnis… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
duck-billed platypus — noun The platypus … Wiktionary
duck-billed platypus — noun see platypus … English new terms dictionary
Platypus — Plat y*pus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? foot.] (Zo[ o]l.) The {duck mole}. See under {Duck}. Syn: Duck Mole, duckbill, duck bill platypus, duck billed platypus. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
platypus — (also duck billed platypus) ► NOUN (pl. platypuses) ▪ a semiaquatic egg laying Australian mammal with a sensitive pliable bill like that of a duck and webbed feet with venomous spurs. ORIGIN from Greek platupous flat footed … English terms dictionary
duck-billedplatypus — duck billed platypus n. See platypus. * * * … Universalium
Platypus — For other uses, see Platypus (disambiguation). Platypus[1] Temporal range: 66–0 Ma … Wikipedia
platypus — noun (plural platypuses; also platypi) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek platypous flat footed, from platys broad, flat + pous foot more at place, foot Date: 1799 a small carnivorous aquatic monotreme mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of eastern… … New Collegiate Dictionary
