Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of monotrematous ornithodelphian oviparous mammals, represented by the genus Ornithorhynchus. Only one genus and species is known. See
Ornithorhynchus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The natural family of monotremes including the platypus (duckbill) (
Ornithorhyncus anatinus ).
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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Monotremata — theplatypus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun platypus
Etymologies
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Ornithorhynchus + -idae
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