different between platypus vs muskrat

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

Alternative forms

• musk-rat

Etymology

Perhaps so called for its musky odour and because it resembles a rat, or perhaps called by an Algonquian name like the Abenaki moskwas, with the spelling altered under the influence of the English words musk and rat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?sk?æt/

Noun

muskrat (plural muskrats)

1. A large aquatic rodent (Ondatra zibethicus).
   • 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 187.

     He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.

2. Any of several species of shrews in the family Soricidae, especially the Asian house shrew, Suncus murinus

Synonyms

• 'rat (chiefly informal), rat (chiefly informal)
• (Ondatra zibethicus): musquash
• (shrew): musk shrew

Derived terms

• muskrat weed
• muskrat root

Translations

References

• muskrat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Asian house shrew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ondatra zibethicus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Suncus murinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ondatra zibethicus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Muktsar, muktars