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platypus

音標['plætipəs] 讀音

漢語翻譯

n. 鴨嘴獸

詞型變化：

名詞複數:platypuses

英文解釋：

名詞 platypus:

small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
同義詞：duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus

詳細解釋：

plat.y.pus

n.（名詞）
【複數】 plat.y.pus.es
A semiaquatic egg-laying mammal(Ornithorhynchus anatinus) of Australia and Tasmania, having a broad flat tail, webbed feet, and a snout resembling a duck`s bill. Also called duckbill ,duck-billed platypus
鴨嘴獸：產於澳大利亞和塔斯馬尼亞的一種半水生產卵的哺乳動物（鴨嘴獸鴨嘴獸屬） ，尾寬闊而扁平，腳有蹼，鼻子類似於鴨嘴也作 duckbill,duck-billed platypus

來源：
New Latin
現代拉丁語
from Greek platupous [flat-footed]
源自希臘語 platupous [扁平足的]
platu- [platy-]
platu- [前綴，表.扁平的.]
pous [foot] * see ped-
pous [足] *參見 ped-