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platypus
plat·y·pus [ pláttəpəss, pláttə pss ] (plural plat·y·pus·es or plat·y·pi [ pláttə p ])


noun 
Definition:
 
zoology 
Same as  duck-billed platypus
[Late 18th century. Via modern Latin Platypus< Greek platupous "flat-footed" < platus "flat" + pous "foot"]
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