ornithorhynchus anatinus

Noun ornithorhynchus anatinus has 1 sense

• ornithorhynchus anatinus(n = noun.animal) duck-billed platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, platypus - small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae;
is a kind of egg-laying mammal, monotreme
is a member of genus ornithorhynchus, ornithorhynchus