duck-billed platypus

noun

See monotreme
an amphibious egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of E Australia, having dense fur, a broad bill and tail, and webbed feet: family Ornithorhynchidae Sometimes shortened toduckbillplatypus See also monotreme

The Duck-billed Platypus is one of the most singular of animals.

We have still a primitive mammal of this type in the duck-mole, or duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhyncus) of Australia.

Here is the duck-billed platypus, that strange animal from New Holland.

The Duck-billed Platypus is, as every one knows, an aquatic animal.

My child, the Duck-billed Platypus A sad example sets for us.

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