platypus

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

platy·pus [platypus platypuses] BrE [ˈplætɪpəs] NAmE [ˈplætɪpəs] (also ˌduck-billed ˈplatypus) noun
an Australian animal that is covered in fur and has a beak like a ↑duck, ↑webbed feet (= with skin between the toes) and a flat tail. Platypuses lay eggs but give milk to their young.
See also: ↑duck-billed platypus

Word Origin:
late 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek platupous ‘flat-footed’, from platus ‘flat’ + pous ‘foot’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus