DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does duckbilled platypus mean? • DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS (noun)
The noun DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS has 1 sense:
1. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
Familiarity information: DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
duck-billed platypus; duckbilled platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus; duckbill
Hypernyms ("duckbilled platypus" is a kind of...):
egg-laying mammal; monotreme (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)
Holonyms ("duckbilled platypus" is a member of...):
genus Ornithorhynchus; Ornithorhynchus (type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae)
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