different between platypus vs duckbilled

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

English

Etymology

duck +? billed

Adjective

duckbilled (not comparable)

1. Having a bill like that of a duck.
   • 2005, Carson Creagh, Simone Ende, Angela Milner, Dinosaurs

     The duckbilled dinosaurs (hadrosaurs) had broad, ducklike beaks. They walked or ran on their hind legs, and leaned down on their shorter front legs to graze on vegetation.

Alternative forms

• duck-billed