different between duckbill vs platypus

English

Alternative forms

• duck-bill

Etymology

duck +? bill

Noun

duckbill (plural duckbills)

1. (informal) The duck-billed platypus.
2. (informal) A hadrosaur.
3. A fish of the family Percophidae
   1. Percophis brasiliensis (Brazilian flathead).
4. Bull ray (Aetomylaeus bovinus, now Pteromylaeus bovinus).

Derived terms

• duckbill barracudina (Magnisudis atlantica)
• duckbill catfish (Sorubim lima)
• duckbill cat, duckbill catfish (Polyodon spathula)
• duckbill conger (Gavialiceps javanicus)
• duckbill eagle-ray (Aetobatus narinari)
• duckbill eel (Saurenchelys fierasfer, Nettastoma parviceps, or Nessorhamphus ingolfianus)
• duckbill flathead (Bembrops anatirostris)
• duckbill garfish, duckbill gar (Rhynchorhamphus georgii)
• duckbill grenadier (Coelorinchus anatirostris)
• duckbill oceanic eel (Nessorhamphus ingolfianus)
• dockbill pugolovka (Anatirostrum profundorum)
• duckbill ray (Aetobatus narinari or Pteromylaeus bovinus)
• duckbill sleeper (Butis butis)
• duckbill whiptail (Coelorinchus anatirostris)

Related terms

• duckbilled, duck-billed
  • duck-billed cat

Translations

English

Etymology

From New Latin Platypus (originally a genus name already in use for a type of beetle), from Ancient Greek ????????? (platúpous, “flat-footed”), from ?????? (platús, “flat”) + ???? (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?plæt?p?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?plæt??p?s/, IPA^(key): /?plæt?p?s/
• Hyphenation: pla?ty?pus

Noun

platypus (plural platypuses or platypus or (common, hypercorrect, pseudo-Latin) platypi or (rare) platypodes)

1. A semi-aquatic, egg-laying monotreme mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has 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; Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:platypus.

Synonyms

• duck-billed platypus
• duckbill
• duckmole
• watermole

Derived terms

• platypusary
• platypussary

Translations

See also

• echidna
• monotreme

Further reading

• platypus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia