HyperDic: platypus

English > 1 sense of the word platypus:
NOUNanimalplatypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinussmall densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania / Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet
platypus > pronunciation
Soundsplae'tahpuh.s
Rhymesoctopus ... puss: 3 rhymes with uhs...
English > platypus: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania / Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae.
Synonymsduckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Member ofOrnithorhynchus, genus Ornithorhynchustype genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae
Broadermonotreme, egg-laying mammalThe most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
Spanishornithorhynchus anatinus, ornitorrinco
Catalanornithorhynchus anatinus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, ornitorinc, ornitorrinc

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