platypussaryn.
/ˈplatᵻpʊsəri/, U.S. /ˈplædəˌpʊsəri/, Australian English /ˈplætəpʊsəri/, /ˈplædəpʊsəri/ Chiefly Australian.
An enclosure or building in which platypuses are kept, esp. under conditions simulating those in which they live in the wild.
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1938 Science 21 Oct. 369/1 After working five years on a scheme to duplicate the conditions under which the animal lives, Mr. Joseph devised the ‘platypusary’—a cage containing a system of water tanks through which the animal swam to a dry burrow.
1942 A. L. Haskell Waltzing Matilda 95 It was necessary to create an artificial burrow on the banks of an artificial river, which in itself created a new word—platypusery.
1966 G. Durrell Two in Bush v. 161 David's pair were housed in his specially designed Platypusary.
1995 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 347 361 The platypussary consisted of a tank connected to a tunnel system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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