Definition of Platipus
Plat"y*pus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; +
&?; foot.] (Zoöl.) The duck mole. See under
Duck.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An egg-laying, semiaquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet - males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs. The platypus, (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) lives in the freshwater streams of Tasmania and eastern mainland Australia.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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