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