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单词 platypod
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platypodn.adj.

Brit. /ˈplatᵻpɒd/, U.S. /ˈplædəˌpɑd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: platy- comb. form, -pod comb. form.
Etymology: < platy- comb. form + -pod comb. form, after scientific Latin Platypoda or French platypode (see note). Compare Hellenistic Greek πλατυποδ- , πλατύπους flat-footed (see platypus n.).Scientific Latin Platypoda was applied by C. L. Bonaparte (1832) and T. Gill (1872) to a mammalian order including the duck-billed platypus, and by J. E. Gray to the prosobranch molluscs (compare sense B. a). With sense B. b compare French platypodes, name given by Lacépède (1799) to a division of birds with syndactylous feet.
rare.
A. n.
An animal or bird having broad or flat feet.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > broad-footed animal
platypod1846
1846 B. H. Smart Walker's Pronouncing Dict. (ed. 2) Platypod, a broad-footed animal.
1955 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 59 306/1 The horizontal handles have, near their attachments, heads of long-beaked birds, probably platypods.
B. adj.
a. Zoology. Of or belonging to either of two former groups named Platypoda, one of monotreme mammals (containing only the duck-billed platypus), the other of prosobranch molluscs having a broad, flat foot adapted for crawling. Obsolete.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Platypod, having broad feet, in any sense; belonging to the Platypoda.
b. Ornithology. = syndactyl adj. and n. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > of feet > having feet > web-footed
whole-footeda1398
web-footeda1621
web-toed1805
syndactylic1835
syndactylous1835
syndactyl1836
platypod1890
1890 Cent. Dict. Platypod.., having the toes extensively coherent, forming a broad sole; syndactyl.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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