Definition of Duck-billed platypus

1. Noun. Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae.


Definition of Duck-billed platypus

1. Noun. The platypus ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Duck-billed Platypus

duchesslike
duchessy
duchies
duchy
duci
duck
duck's-bill
duck's-foot
duck's-meat
duck's arse
duck's egg
duck-arsed
duck-billed
duck-billed dinosaur
duck-billed dinosaurs
duck-billed platypus (current term)
duck-billed platypuses
duck-drownder
duck-egg blue
duck-egg blues
duck-footed
duck and cover
duck arsed
duck dive
duck dived
duck dives
duck diving
duck down
duck embryo origin vaccine

Literary usage of Duck-billed platypus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the World: With Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits edited by Alfred Henry Miles (1895)
"The duck-billed platypus belongs to the former, the Australian Hedgehog ... The The duck-billed platypus is one if the most Duck,billed singular of animals. ..."

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