English > duckbilled platypus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania / Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae. |
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| Synonyms | platypus, duckbill, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus |
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| Member of | Ornithorhynchus, genus Ornithorhynchus | type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae |
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| Broader | monotreme, egg-laying mammal | The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria |
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| Spanish | ornithorhynchus anatinus, ornitorrinco |
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| Catalan | ornithorhynchus anatinus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, ornitorinc, ornitorrinc |
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