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platypus

DEFINITIONS OF: platypus

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n 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:
Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duck-billed platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus
Type of:
egg-laying mammal, monotreme
the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
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