The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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On Mr Fleay's account, he managed to talk the politicians down from six platypuses to one, and young Winston was captured from a river near Melbourne shortly after.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
Professor Flannery highlighted that today, echidnas have no teeth, and platypuses too are essentially toothless.
From Science Daily ● May 27, 2024
At first, it seemed to be another caprice of two already unusual animals: Flying squirrels and platypuses were found to be fluorescent, absorbing invisible ultraviolet light and re-emitting it in shocking pink or bright cyan.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Like chickens, duck-billed platypuses, and other animals that hatch from eggs, you had a yolk sac when you were an embryo.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 16, 2023
Augustus and I were together in the Improbable Creatures Club: us and duck-billed platypuses.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
