plat-ah-pus An Australian aquatic egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, having a soft pliable bill shaped like a duck's, webbed feet, and sleeky grey fur.
small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
a creature that has outlived its time, has refused to evolve when everything around it was evolving into a more sensible form
a duck designed by a committee
a mammal that lays eggs like a reptile, but in a very special mammalian way
a mammal that lays eggs, member of the order platypi
a monotreme (an egg-laying mammal)
a monotreme that is endemic to Australia
an odd-looking creature that appears to be a cross between a duck and a beaver
a small animal, seldom seen, that lives in mud banks of Australia
1. a web-footed, egg-laying, duck-billed mammal of Tasmania. 2. Franco D's pet, as in "And then my platypus jumped into the sink!".
The Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia and Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young. It is the sole living representative of its family (Ornithorhynchidae) and genus (Ornithorhynchus), though a number of related species have been found in the fossil record.