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Platypus

Platypus Meaning & Definition
Platypus Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Platypus?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Platypus: duckbill | duckbilled platypus | duck-billed platypus | Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Related Terms | Find terms related to Platypus: aardvark | aardwolf | alpaca | Angora goat | anteater | antelope | antelope chipmunk | aoudad | apar | Arctic fox | armadillo | ass | aurochs | badger | bandicoot | bassarisk | bat | bear | beaver | Belgian hare | bettong | binturong | bison | black bear | black buck | black cat | black fox | black sheep | blue fox | bobcat | brown bear | brush deer | brush wolf | buffalo | buffalo wolf | burro | burro deer | cachalot | Caffre cat | camel | camelopard | capybara | carabao | caribou | carpincho | cat | catamount | cat-a-mountain | cattalo | cavy | chamois | cheetah | chevrotain | chinchilla | chipmunk | cinnamon bear | coon | coon cat | cotton mouse | cotton rat | cougar | cow | coyote | coypu | deer | deer tiger | dingo | dog | donkey | dormouse | dromedary | echidna | eland | elephant | elk | ermine | eyra | fallow deer | ferret | field mouse | fisher | fitch | flying phalanger | foumart | fox | fox squirrel | gazelle | gemsbok | genet | giraffe | glutton | gnu | gnu goat | goat | goat antelope | gopher | grizzly bear | ground squirrel | groundhog | guanaco | guinea pig | hamster | hare | harnessed antelope | hartebeest | hedgehog | hippopotamus | hog | horse | hyena | hyrax | ibex | Indian buffalo | jackal | jackass | jackrabbit | jaguar | jaguarundi | jerboa | jerboa kangaroo | kaama | kangaroo | kangaroo mouse | kangaroo rat | karakul | kinkajou | kit fox | koala | Kodiak bear | lapin | lemming | leopard | leopard cat | lion | llama | lynx | mammoth | mara | marmot | marten | mastodon | meerkat | mink | mole | mongoose | moose | mouflon | mountain goat | mountain lion | mountain sheep | mouse | mule | mule deer | muntjac | musk deer | musk hog | musk-ox | muskrat | musquash | nilgai | nutria | ocelot | okapi | onager | oont | opossum | otter | ounce | ox | pack rat | painter | panda | pangolin | panther | peccary | peludo | phalanger | pig | pine mouse | pocket gopher | pocket mouse | pocket rat | polar bear | polar fox | polecat | porcupine | possum | pouched rat | poyou | prairie dog | prairie wolf | pronghorn | puma | rabbit | raccoon | rat | red deer | red squirrel | reindeer | rhinoceros | roe | roe deer | roebuck | sable | serval | sheep | shrew | shrew mole | sika | silver fox | skunk | sloth | snowshoe rabbit | springbok | squirrel | stoat | suslik | swamp rabbit | swine | takin | tamandua | tamarin | tapir | tarpan | tatou | tatou peba | tatouay | tiger | tiger cat | timber wolf | tree shrew | urus | Virginia deer | vole | wallaby | warthog | water buffalo | waterbuck | weasel | wharf rat | whistler | white fox | wild ass | wild boar | wild goat | wild ox | wildcat | wildebeest | wolf | wolverine | wombat | wood rat | woodchuck | woolly mammoth | yak | zebra | zebu | zoril

See Also | egg-laying mammal | genus Ornithorhynchus | monotreme | Ornithorhynchus

Platypus In Webster's Dictionary

\Plat"y*pus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? foot.] (Zo["o]l.) The duck mole. See under {Duck}.

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