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    DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    duck-billed platypus; duckbill; duckbilled platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("duck-billed platypus" is a kind of...):

    egg-laying mammal; monotreme (the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria)

    Holonyms ("duck-billed platypus" is a member of...):

    genus Ornithorhynchus; Ornithorhynchus (type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae)

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