It surprised me that platypus lay eggs.
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Platypus
//ˈplætɪpəs//
Synonyms for "platypus" (273 found)
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chevrotainchinchillachipmunkcinnamon bearcooncoon catcotton mousecotton ratcougarcowcoyotecoypudeerdeer tigerdingodogdonkeydormousedromedaryduck billed platypus
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Noun(2 words)
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lapinlemmingleopardleopard catlionllamalynxmammalmammothmaramarmotmartenmastodonmeerkatminkmolemongoosemoosemouflonmountain goat
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Noun(4 words)
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1 entriesat location
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3 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 75 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- eendbekdier noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Albanian
1 entries- sqepori noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πλατύπους noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Arabic
2 entries- خُلْد اَلْمَاء noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- مِنْقَارُ البَطّ noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Armenian
1 entries- բադակտուց noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Assamese
2 entries- প্লেটিপাছ noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- হাঁহঠুঁটীয়া noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Asturian
1 entries- ornitorrincu noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ördəkburun noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Bashkir
1 entries- өйрәкморон noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Basque
1 entries- ornitorrinko noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Belarusian
1 entries- качкано́с noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Breton
1 entries- platypus noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- птицечо́вка noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Catalan
1 entries- ornitorinc noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎹᏱᏕ noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鴨嘴獸 /鸭嘴兽 noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Czech
1 entries- ptakopysk noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Danish
1 entries- næbdyr noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Dutch
1 entries- vogelbekdier noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Erzya
1 entries- шенженерь noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Esperanto
1 entries- ornitorinko noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Estonian
1 entries- nokkloom noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Faroese
1 entries- nevdýr noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Finnish
1 entries- vesinokkaeläin noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
French
1 entries- ornithorynque noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Galician
1 entries- ornitorrinco noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Georgian
1 entries- იხვნისკარტა noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
German
1 entries- Schnabeltier noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Greek
1 entries- πλατύποδας noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Hebrew
1 entries- ברווזן noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Hungarian
1 entries- kacsacsőrű emlős noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Icelandic
1 entries- breiðnefur noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Ido
1 entries- ornitorinko noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Indonesian
1 entries- platipus noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Irish
1 entries- platapas noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Italian
2 entries- ornitorinchide noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- ornitorinco noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Japanese
1 entries- カモノハシ noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Kashubian
1 entries- dzëbôl noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Kazakh
1 entries- үйректұмсық noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Korean
1 entries- 오리너구리 noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- өрдөк тумшук noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- өрдөкмурун noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Latin
2 entries- ornithorhynchus noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- platypūs noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Latvian
1 entries- pīļknābis noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Lithuanian
1 entries- ančiasnapis noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Macedonian
1 entries- клунар noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Malay
1 entries- platipus noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Manx
2 entries- platapus noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- platypus noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Mongolian
2 entries- нугасан хошуут noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- ᠨᠤᠭᠤᠰᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤᠲᠤ noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nebbdyr noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nebbdyr noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Occitan
1 entries- ornitorinc noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Persian
2 entries- ارنی ترنگ noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- نوکاردکی noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Polish
1 entries- dziobak noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Portuguese
1 entries- ornitorrinco noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Romanian
1 entries- ornitorinc noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Russian
1 entries- утконо́с noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Samoan
1 entries- platipusi noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Scots Gaelic
1 entries- platapus noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- kljunar noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- čudnovati kljunaš noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Slovak
1 entries- vtákopysk noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Slovene
1 entries- kljunaš noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Spanish
1 entries- ornitorrinco noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Swahili
1 entries- kinyamadege noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Swedish
1 entries- näbbdjur noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Tatar
1 entries- үрдәкборын noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Thai
1 entries- ตุ่นปากเป็ด noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Tibetan
2 entries- སྲམ་ངང་མཆུ་ཅན Literally noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- “duck-lipped otter” noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Turkish
2 entries- gagalı memeli noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- ornitorenk noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Ukrainian
1 entries- качкодзьо́б noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئۆردەكتۇمشۇق noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thú mỏ vịt noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Volapük
1 entries- honedaf noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Welsh
1 entries- hwyatbig noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- dulai wurrung noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Yiddish
1 entries- ענטל־שנאָבל noun (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I’ve always wanted to have a pet platypus.
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The platypus is an egg-laying mammal, which means it lays eggs.
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The platypus, a small amphibious Austrian mammal, is a very shy animal.
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