Platypus

An animal of Australia, the only genus of its class. It is characterized by webbed feet, short tail, very small eyes, soft and close fur, and a beak with mandibles shaped like those of a duck.

Keywords

Ornithorhynchus

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Mammals: O-Q

Source

B. P. Holst The Teachers' and Pupils' Cyclopaedia (Kansas City: The Bufton Book Company, 1909)

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