platypuses
- plural of platypus.
Example Sentences
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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
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
In 2020, scientists discovered that platypuses have bioluminescent fur that glowed a bluish-green when exposed to ultraviolet light — no one knows why.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022
Augustus and I were together in the Improbable Creatures Club: us and duck-billed platypuses.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
