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platypus

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"Duck-billed mammal"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈplætɪpəs/Part of speech nounSorted alppstuyStarts with PEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. An egg-laying Australian mammal with a duck-like bill and webbed feet.

Word origin

From New Latin Platypus (originally a genus name already in use for a type of beetle), from Ancient Greek πλατύπους (platúpous, “flat-footed”), from πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Piecewise doublet of flatfoot.

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