platypus definizione dal dizionario inglese italiano

Definizione monolingua

platypus

platypus (plural: platypuses, or platypus; common, pseudo-latin: platypi; rare, pedantic: platypodes)

1. An egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet — males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs; Ornithorhynchus anatinus
   • 2008 March 2, “Captive platypus twins make history”, ABC News:

     Victorias Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the births of two baby platypuses, in a major milestone.

Definizione dizionario platypus

	ornitorinco
	Ornithorhynchus anatinus
	Mammifero semi-acquatico della specie Ornithorhynchus anatinus che depone le uova.
	A semi-aquatic mammal of the species Ornithorhynchus anatinus that lays eggs.

ornithorhynchus anatinus

Altri significati:

An egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet — males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs; Ornithorhynchus anatinus