duck-billed platypus

What does duck-billed platypus mean?

duck-billed platypus means "small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae".

What is another word for duck-billed platypus?

Close synonyms include platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is duck-billed platypus a common word?

duck-billed platypus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for duck-billed platypus come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.