PLATYPUS Synonyms
There are 5 hypernyms of the word platypus. (close relations)
Definition of PLATYPUS
platypuses
Best Alternative Words for PLATYPUS
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duck-billed | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having a beak resembling that of a duck | ||||||||
monotreme | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria | ||||||||
semiaquatic | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • having an aquatic early or larval form and a terrestrial adult form • partially aquatic; living or growing partly on land and partly in water | ||||||||
duckbill | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout • small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae adjective satellite • having a beak resembling that of a duck | ||||||||
duck-billed platypus | nounn | |||||||
noun • small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | ||||||||
duckmole | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
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duckbilled platypus | nounn | |||||||
noun • small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae | ||||||||
ornithorhynchus anatinus | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |