duckbilled platypus

Thesaurus

Noun

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duckbilled platypus - small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidaeduck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus, duckbillegg-laying mammal, monotreme - the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheriagenus Ornithorhynchus, Ornithorhynchus - type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae