duck-billed platypus

noun

1. an amphibious egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of E Australia, having dense fur, a broad bill and tail, and webbed feet: family Ornithorhynchidae Sometimes shortened toduckbillplatypus See also monotreme

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The Duck-billed Platypus is one of the most singular of animals.

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We have still a primitive mammal of this type in the duck-mole, or duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhyncus) of Australia.

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Here is the duck-billed platypus, that strange animal from New Holland.

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The Duck-billed Platypus is, as every one knows, an aquatic animal.

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My child, the Duck-billed Platypus A sad example sets for us.

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