Sentence example with the word 'platypus'

platypus

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Definition n. small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet

Last update: June 18, 2015


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We can find platypus in Australia.   [Please select]

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The platypus is aquatic in its habits, passing most of its time in the water or close to the margin of lakes and streams, swimming and diving with the greatest ease, and forming for the purpose of sleeping and breeding deep burrows in the banks, which generally have two orifices, one just above the water level, concealed among long grass and leaves, and the other below the surface.   [Please select]

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So far as we know at present, the platypus duck-mole, or water-mole, is the strangest of all animals.   [Please select]

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The feet of the platypus are five-toed and webbed, being, like the rest of the body, suited for an aquatic life.   [Please select]

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Before sleeping, the platypus curls round to keep itself warm, and brings the flattened tail over the back.   [Please select]

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The platypus is an excellent digger, and forms deep burrows or tunnels, the opening being hidden by the herbage of the bank.   [Please select]

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The chief species are the sloths, armadilloes, ant-eaters, and pangolins, of South America, and the platypus of Australia.   [Please select]

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Among the strange and interesting productions of Australia, no one is more wonderful than the ornithorynchus, platypus, or water-mole.   [Please select]

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