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Definition of platypus:

(n) : an egg-laying, semiaquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, 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. The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) lives in the freshwater streams of Tasmania and eastern mainland Australia
"victoria's Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the births of two baby platypuses, in a major milestone. — , March 2 2008"
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Definition of platypus:

(n) : an egg-laying, semiaquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, 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. The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) lives in the freshwater streams of Tasmania and eastern mainland Australia
"victoria's Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the births of two baby platypuses, in a major milestone. — , March 2 2008"
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