WordNet
duckbilled platypus
n. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: platypus, duckbill, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus]
Usage examples of "duckbilled platypus".
Virtually all mammals bear live young: the exceptions are the duckbilled platypus and the echidna, which lay eggs.
The Kreel had spindly legs that, in one of nature's more curious design aberrations (right up there with the bumblebee and the duckbilled platypus), supported a massively sinewed, almost triangular torso.