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Definition of Platypi

1. platypus [n] - See also: platypus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Platypi

Literary usage of Platypi

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

1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"(3) "I have myself shot platypi at Herberton (17° 25' S.), and have met a ... who has two platypi shot 01 trapped in the Norman River, Normanton (17° 28'S., ..."

2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1866)
"Groups 17-20, platypi ... Intervals very irregular, neither alternate nor similar, separated by furrows of greater or less depth. Group 21, platypi ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1824)
"In the same substance, some of the French naturalists have discovered platypi, mole-crickets, small termites, a minute mantis, and a species of ..."

4. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"Accordingly in Moles, Shrews, and platypi, eg, the stem of the hair is filamentary, the end broad and flat, and the slender and expanded parts may alternate ..."

5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"177: "The Platypus Club is in Camomile Street, and the platypi are very haughty persons." 1890. ' Victorian Statutes—the Game Act' (Third Schedule): [Close ..."

6. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"95 : 1884. Marcus Clarke, ' Memorial Volume,' p. 177: "The Platypus Club is in Camomile Street, and the platypi are very haughty persons." 1890. ..."

7. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1896)
"(3) "I have myself shot platypi at Herberton (17° 25' S.), and have met a ... who has two platypi shot 01 trapped in the Norman River, Normanton (17° 28'S., ..."

8. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1866)
"Groups 17-20, platypi ... Intervals very irregular, neither alternate nor similar, separated by furrows of greater or less depth. Group 21, platypi ..."

9. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1824)
"In the same substance, some of the French naturalists have discovered platypi, mole-crickets, small termites, a minute mantis, and a species of ..."

10. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"Accordingly in Moles, Shrews, and platypi, eg, the stem of the hair is filamentary, the end broad and flat, and the slender and expanded parts may alternate ..."

11. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"177: "The Platypus Club is in Camomile Street, and the platypi are very haughty persons." 1890. ' Victorian Statutes—the Game Act' (Third Schedule): [Close ..."

12. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"95 : 1884. Marcus Clarke, ' Memorial Volume,' p. 177: "The Platypus Club is in Camomile Street, and the platypi are very haughty persons." 1890. ..."

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