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Meanings of ornithorhynchus anatinus in English

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

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        Water-rats sported in the lily-bespangled stream, and a platypus basked, on the bank.
        Tropic Days
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        The platypus, also, was quite plentiful, especially in the Merri Creek.
        Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria
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        We used platypus and chicken genomic clones to investigate genome organization in sperm.
        Pubmed
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        In contrast to mouse, Piwil4 is expressed in platypus and human adult testis.
        Pubmed
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        The Creator of the platypus, the camel, the ostrich, and man?
        The Illustrated Man
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        In closing arguments, they likened him to a duckbill platypus.
        Wired
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        Jonathan whipped off his hat to show Nana the duckbill.
        Hula Done It?
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        The eyes, protruding above the flat duckbill, were gentle and soft like a cow's.
        Jurassic Park
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        Certainly we'll praise God for his creativity and humor (consider the duckbill platypus).
        Heaven
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        One duckbill struck a boulder and it rolled past them, out into the field beyond.
        Jurassic Park
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        What historical miracles occurred that led to the creation of a country which has as much right to exist as a duckbilled platypus?
        The Irish Times
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        Instead of these, it has Marsupials only: kangaroos and opossums; wombats and the duckbilled Platypus.
        The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 / The Land of the Orang-utan and...
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        It has, however, what are called marsupials: kangaroos, opossums, wombats, and the duck-billed platypus.
        In the Eastern Seas
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        The purpose of this study is to identify evolutionary origin and fate of anatomic features of the duck-billed platypus eye.
        Pubmed
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        There are a few oddball species such as the duck-billed platypus which has a whopping 10 sex chromosomes, making males XYXYXYXYXY.
        Wired
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        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...
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        This animal is called the Duck-billed Platypus.
        Peter Parley's Tales About America and Australia
        Usage of ornithorhynchus anatinus in English
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        Facebook Twitter Pinterest The platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus, one of the animals that led Darwin to coin the term living fossils.
        The Guardian
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