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单词 duck-billed platypus
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duck-billed platypus in British English

noun
an amphibious egg-laying mammal, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of E Australia, having dense fur, a broad bill and tail, and webbed feet: family Ornithorhynchidae
Sometimes shortened to: duckbill, platypus. See also monotreme

Examples of 'duck-billed platypus' in a sentence
duck-billed platypus

Another famous hoax was the duck-billed platypus.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
To which the counterargument is the duck-billed platypus.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
That last clue gives it away, of course it's the duck-billed platypus.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And he certainly imagined the duck-billed platypus before it had even been discovered.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Just weird, in the same way as the duck-billed platypus is weird.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I have never seen a duck-billed platypus in the wild or a rattlesnake.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I won't say it's a nasty feel or dangerous; just weird, in the same way that the duck-billed platypus is weird.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Purple botty monkeys, pygmy bats and duck-billed platypi — all the ones with the best names.
The Sun (2011)

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