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Noun: duckbilled platypus
  1. Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
    - platypus, duckbill, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Adjective: duck-billed
  1. Having a beak resembling that of a duck
    "a duck-billed dinosaur";
    - duckbill

See also: beaked

Type of: egg-laying mammal, monotreme

Part of: genus Ornithorhynchus, Ornithorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Duckbilled platypus

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