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Meanings of duck-billed platypus in English

Portuguese
ornitorrinco
Catalan
ornitorrinc
Spanish
ornithorhynchus anatinus
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A semi-aquatic mammal of the species Ornithorhynchus anatinus that lays eggs.

      ornitorrinco
      Usage of duck-billed platypus in English
      1
      It has, however, what are called marsupials: kangaroos, opossums, wombats, and the duck-billed platypus.
      In the Eastern Seas
      2
      The purpose of this study is to identify evolutionary origin and fate of anatomic features of the duck-billed platypus eye.
      Pubmed
      3
      There are a few oddball species such as the duck-billed platypus which has a whopping 10 sex chromosomes, making males XYXYXYXYXY.
      Wired
      4
      Still, it must have been great fun coming up with tags like " duck-billed platypus," "tufted titmouse," and "precious wentletrap" (a gastropod of Southeast Asia).
      Skeptics and true believers: the exhilarating connection between...
      5
      This animal is called the Duck-billed Platypus.
      Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia
      Translations for duck-billed platypus
      Portuguese
      ornitorrinco