platypus
noun/ˈplætɪpəs/
/ˈplætɪpʊs/
(also duck-billed platypus)
- an Australian animal that is covered in fur and has a beak like a duck, webbed feet (= with skin between the toes) and a flat tail. Platypuses lay eggs but give milk to their young.Topics Animalsc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek platupous ‘flat-footed’, from platus ‘flat’ + pous ‘foot’.
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