Definitions
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thetribe Platypodini.
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Examples
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And today I will try, again, to begin the Long Sought Epilogue, because Herr Platypus is not a happy camper.
Postcards from Europa (Pt. 1) txtriffidranch 2009
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Raging Platypus is everywhere, it is all around us.
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Raging Platypus is so hip, so innovative, so revolutionary, it can be difficult to describe to the uninitiated.
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Sanford: Coincidentally, as soon as we came up with the name Platypus, in less than a year, we were in Sydney, Australia.
PopMatters 2009
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Sanford: Coincidentally, as soon as we came up with the name Platypus, in less than a year, we were in Sydney, Australia.
PopMatters 2009
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Sanford: Coincidentally, as soon as we came up with the name Platypus, in less than a year, we were in Sydney, Australia.
PopMatters 2009
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We stayed in a hostel called Platypus which is the most popular one in Bogota.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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"The name Platypus is insulting," it remarked, looking at the child severely, "it means _broad-footed_, a vulgar pseudonym which could only have emanated from the brutally coarse expressions of a Human.
Dot and the Kangaroo Ethel C. Pedley 1889
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"Dreadfully sad!" sighed the Kangaroo; "but the Platypus is a most learned and interesting creature," she added hastily.
Dot and the Kangaroo Ethel C. Pedley 1889
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As the Kangaroo called the Platypus an animal, Dot saw at once that it was offended, and in a great huff it turned towards the pool again.
Dot and the Kangaroo Ethel C. Pedley 1889
hernesheir commented on the word Platypus
Genus name for a type of xylophagous beetle.
June 27, 2010