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  • noun Plural form of platypus.

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Examples

  • The dolphin responded well even to low signals, displaying an electrosensitivity similar to that of platypuses.

    Guiana Dolphins Can Sense Electricity, Study Says (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • For example, the music of Philip Glass, people carrying yoga mats, platypuses my name for women with lip injections, and people with bad breath.

    Bernard Radfar: Texting Librarians Bernard Radfar 2011

  • I hear the rivers in Paris are full of soggy, wet, venomous platypuses shaking water all over people.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • Lucifer keeps a thousand platypuses in his private reserve on the shore of the Lake of Fire.

    The Infinite Monkey Theorem Marshall Moore 2011

  • This natural bushland setting teems with more than 200 native species, including koalas on branches, howling dingoes, weird platypuses, and groups of kangaroos, hopping around like giant rabbits with built-in baskets.

    Lea Lane: Only Have a Week? A Deluxe Quickie to Oz Lea Lane 2011

  • For example, the music of Philip Glass, people carrying yoga mats, platypuses my name for women with lip injections, and people with bad breath.

    Bernard Radfar: Texting Librarians Bernard Radfar 2011

  • I hear the rivers in Paris are full of soggy, wet, venomous platypuses shaking water all over people.

    Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

  • For example, the music of Philip Glass, people carrying yoga mats, platypuses my name for women with lip injections, and people with bad breath.

    Bernard Radfar: Texting Librarians Bernard Radfar 2011

  • This natural bushland setting teems with more than 200 native species, including koalas on branches, howling dingoes, weird platypuses, and groups of kangaroos, hopping around like giant rabbits with built-in baskets.

    Lea Lane: Only Have a Week? A Deluxe Quickie to Oz Lea Lane 2011

  • They may be platypuses but you won't find a better duck-billed fur-bearing egg-layer anywhere.

    The Power and the Fuel-Sipping Glory2.73:1 Dan Neil 2010

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