Platypus

Noun
platypus (plural: platypuses, or platypus; common, pseudo-latin: platypi; rare, pedantic: platypodes)


 * 1) An egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet &mdash; males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs; Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Synonyms

 * duck-billed platypus
 * duckbill
 * duckmole
 * watermole

Derived terms

 * platypusary
 * platypussary

Thesaurus
Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Indian buffalo, Kodiak bear, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, armadillo, ass, aurochs, badger, bandicoot, bassarisk, bat, bear, beaver, bettong, binturong, bison, black bear, black buck, black cat, black fox, black sheep, blue fox, bobcat, brown bear, brush deer, brush wolf, buffalo, buffalo wolf, burro, burro deer, cachalot, camel, camelopard, capybara, carabao, caribou, carpincho, cat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cattalo, cavy, chamois, cheetah, chevrotain, chinchilla, chipmunk, cinnamon bear, coon, coon cat, cotton mouse, cotton rat, cougar, cow, coyote, coypu, deer, deer tiger, dingo, dog, donkey, dormouse, dromedary, echidna, eland, elephant, elk, ermine, eyra, fallow deer, ferret, field mouse, fisher, fitch, flying phalanger, foumart, fox, fox squirrel, gazelle, gemsbok, genet, giraffe, glutton, gnu, gnu goat, goat, goat antelope, gopher, grizzly bear, ground squirrel, groundhog, guanaco, guinea pig, hamster, hare, harnessed antelope, hartebeest, hedgehog, hippopotamus, hog, horse, hyena, hyrax, ibex, jackal, jackass, jackrabbit, jaguar, jaguarundi, jerboa, jerboa kangaroo, kaama, kangaroo, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat, karakul, kinkajou, kit fox, koala, lapin, lemming, leopard, leopard cat, lion, llama, lynx, mammoth, mara, marmot, marten, mastodon, meerkat, mink, mole, mongoose, moose, mouflon, mountain goat, mountain lion, mountain sheep, mouse, mule, mule deer, muntjac, musk deer, musk hog, musk-ox, muskrat, musquash, nilgai, nutria, ocelot, okapi, onager, oont, opossum, otter, ounce, ox, pack rat, painter, panda, pangolin, panther, peccary, peludo, phalanger, pig, pine mouse, pocket gopher, pocket mouse, pocket rat, polar bear, polar fox, polecat, porcupine, possum, pouched rat, poyou, prairie dog, prairie wolf, pronghorn, puma, rabbit, raccoon, rat, red deer, red squirrel, reindeer, rhinoceros, roe, roe deer, roebuck, sable, serval, sheep, shrew, shrew mole, sika, silver fox, skunk, sloth, snowshoe rabbit, springbok, squirrel, stoat, suslik, swamp rabbit, swine, takin, tamandua, tamarin, tapir, tarpan, tatou, tatou peba, tatouay, tiger, tiger cat, timber wolf, tree shrew, urus, vole, wallaby, warthog, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel, wharf rat, whistler, white fox, wild ass, wild boar, wild goat, wild ox, wildcat, wildebeest, wolf, wolverine, wombat, wood rat, woodchuck, woolly mammoth, yak, zebra, zebu, zoril

Etymology
From Platypus: (originally a genus name, but already used for a type of beetle), from  πλατύπους:, from πλατύς: + πούς:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: eendbekdier
 * Arabic: خلد الماء
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: ördəkburun
 * Belarusian: качканос
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian: čudnovati kljunaš
 * Czech:
 * Danish: næbdyr
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ornitorinko
 * Estonian: nokkloom
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: πλατύπους
 * Hebrew: ברווזן
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: ornitorinko
 * Indonesian: platipus
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: カモノハシ (also written: 鴨嘴 or かものはし)
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian: ančiasnapis
 * Malay:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: nebbdyr
 * Ossetian:
 * Digor:
 * Iron:
 * Persian: نوک‌اردکی, ارنی ترنگ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: kljunar
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kinyamadege
 * Swedish: näbbdjur
 * Tatar:
 * Thai: ตุ่นปากเป็ด
 * Turkish: gagalı memeli
 * Ukrainian: качкодзьоб