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platypus

The correct spelling is platypus.

How to pronounce platypus

/ˈplætɪpəs/
noun

IPA: /ˈplætɪpəs/

Say it like: Pla-typ-us

The correct spelling is platypus. A semi-aquatic, egg-laying monotreme 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 web…

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noun

  1. 1.A semi-aquatic, egg-laying monotreme 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

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