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Hippo vs Platypus - What's the difference?

hippo | platypus |

As nouns the difference between hippo and platypus

is that hippo is short form of hippopotamus while platypus is an egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet — males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs; Ornithorhynchus anatinus

hippo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Short form of hippopotamus.
  • * 2006' "The Eastern Cape village whose dam has been taken over by a '''hippo will decide next week what happens to the animal." ''Weekend Argus 24 June 2006.

    • Derived terms

    *hippo fly

    platypus

    English

    (wikipedia platypus)

    Noun

  • An egg-laying, semi-aquatic mammal with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet — males have poisonous spurs on the inside of the back legs; Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "platypus")

    Synonyms

    * duck-billed platypus * duckbill * duckmole * watermole

    Derived terms

    * platypusary * platypussary

    See also

    * echidna * monotreme