Sentence examples for the platypus from inspiring English sources
noun
A semi-aquatic, egg-laying 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
b. Adult Ornithorhynchus anatinus (the platypus).
I think so … look at the platypus".
I got to play the platypus".
Laurie Rojas Editor, The Platypus Review Chicago, Ill.
Near to Oscars is Broken river, where the platypus are.
He searched for information about the platypus on YouTube.
Companies of firefighters moved into the Platypus furniture store.
Warren, W.C. et al. Genome analysis of the platypus reveals unique signatures of evolution.
And the remarkable electrosensitive bill, which helps the platypus hunt underwater while its eyes and ears are covered, appeared long after the platypus split from its reptilian ancestors.
They are chemically related to the venom of both the Gila monster and the platypus.
The platypus tops many people's oddest mammal list, what with its ducklike bill and beaverlike tail.
