‖ tambreet|tæmˈbriːt| [Mallangong lang. of New South Wales.] A native name of the duckbilled platypus. 1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 28/1 The Duckbill, or Duckbilled Platypus..; Mallangong, Tambreet,..Water-mole of the English colonists.1864in Webster; and in mod. Dicts.