platypus 的定义
plural plat·y·pus·es, plat·y·pi [plat-i-pahy]. /ˈplæt ɪˌpaɪ/.
- a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
更多platypus例句
- We have to think about this holistically rather than just adding a platypus or a pterodactyl.
- It has webbed feet, and therefore sometimes receives the name of Platypus (flat-foot).
- So, although it was a long and rough way to the little creek where the Platypus lived, it did not seem at all far.
- She kept on fidgetting about, putting off calling to the Platypus by one excuse and another: she was decidedly ill at ease.
- Dot could not hear what the Kangaroo said, but she saw the Platypus hurriedly prepare to regain the water.
- The Platypus spluttered out more dirty water, in its indignation.