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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024plat•y•pus /ˈplætɪpəs/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -pus•es, -pi /-ˌpaɪ/.USA pronunciation - Zoology, Mammalsan egg-laying animal of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a broad, flat tail, and a ducklike bill.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plat•y•pus (plat′i pəs, -pŏŏs′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -pus•es, -pi (-pī′).USA pronunciation - Zoology, Mammalsa small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season. Also called duckbill, duckbilled platypus.
- Greek platýpous flat-footed, equivalent. to platy- platy- + -pous, adjective, adjectival derivative of poús foot
- Neo-Latin
- 1790–1800
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: platypus /ˈplætɪpəs/ n ( pl -puses)- See duck-billed platypus
Etymology: 18th Century: New Latin, from platy- + -pus, from Greek pous foot |