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Definitions of platypus in various dictionaries:
noun - small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet
noun - an aquatic mammal
PLATYPUS - The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Aus...
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| For many years even scientists refused to believe in the existence of this duckbilled, egg-laying mammal |
| Duckbill(8) |
| Receptors on the bill of this duckbilled mammal can detect electric fields which guide it to its prey |
| Males of this duck-billed mammal have poison spurs on each hind foot that can kill small animals |
| It has webbed feet, no teeth or external ears, brown fur & a rubbery, duckbill-shaped muzzle |
| The entry "duckbill" in the Funk & Wagnalls just tells you to see this |
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| A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of Australia and Tasmania, having a broad flat tail, webbed feet, and a snout resembling a duck's bill. Also called duckbill, duck-billed platypus. |
| a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal which frequents lakes and streams in eastern Australia. It has a sensitive pliable bill shaped like that of a duck, webbed feet with venomous spurs, and dense fur. |
| small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
| an Australian river mammal with a wide beak whose young are born from eggs |
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| The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), sometimes referred to as the duck-billed platypus, is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. The animal is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species appear in the fossil record. The first scientists to examine a preserved platypus body (in 1799) judged it a fake, made of several animals sewn together.The unusual appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal baffled European naturalists when they first encountered it, with some considering it an elaborate hoax. It is one of the few species of venomous mammals: the male platypus has a spur on the hind foot that delivers a venom capable of causing severe pain to humans. The u |