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DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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:
duck-billed platypus; duckbill; duckbilled platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("duck-billed platypus" is a kind of...):
egg-laying mammal; monotreme (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)
Holonyms ("duck-billed platypus" is a member of...):
genus Ornithorhynchus; Ornithorhynchus (type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae)
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