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Platypus vs Puggle - What's the difference?

platypus | puggle |

As nouns the difference between platypus and puggle

is that 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 anatinuspuggle is a baby monotreme (echidna or platypus).

As a verb puggle is

to coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about.

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

    puggle

    English

    (wikipedia puggle)

    Etymology 1

    The noun echidna'' sense is derived from the verb: English settlers in Australia would ''puggle''''' to get rabbits out of holes and sometimes find an echidna.'''2000 November 11, '' Science Show: Echidnas] , [[w:Radio National, Radio National]
    (en)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (UK, regional) To coax (a rabbit) from a burrow by poking a stick down the hole and moving it about.
  • To poke around a hole with a stick.
  • * 1919 , James Francis Hobart, Millwrighting , McGraw-Hill, page 222,
    • He puggled around in the oil cavity with his little lead pencil until it slipped out of his fingers and went down into the oil cavity.
  • (Australia) To clean drains.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, Australia) A baby monotreme (echidna or platypus).
  • * 2003 , Stephen Jackson, Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management , unnumbered page,
    • Larger furred/spined puggles can be held in a wooden box with shredded paper.
  • * 1970 , Robert Burton, The International Wildlife Encyclopedia , Volume 1, page 2488,
    • The puggle , which grows rapidly, remains in the pouch until its spines are sufficiently developed that the mother must eject it.
  • * 2012 , Joseph Springer, Dennis Holley, An Introduction to Zoology , page 498,
    • Hatching takes 10 days; the young echidna, called a puggle', then sucks milk from the pores of two milk patches and remains in the pouch for 45 to 55 days, at which time the spines develop. The mother digs a nursery burrow and deposits the ' puggle , returning every 5 days to suckle it until it is weaned at 7 months.

    Etymology 2

    puggle.org

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A small mixed breed of dog created by mating a pug and beagle.
  • * 2007' May, Vicki Constantine Croke, ''The Problem With '''Puggles'' , '' , page 208,
    • Jake Gyllenhaal and Sylvester Stallone are among the puggle lovers, but so are a slew of regular people who want in on the tawny, fawny, puppy-faced action and will pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for the pleasure.
  • * 2009 , Eve Adamson, Beagles , page 12,
    • Puggle proponents say these dogs have the very best qualities of both Beagles and Pugs: the Beagle?s cheerful friendliness, and the Pug?s lower activity level and laid-back attitude.
  • * 2009 , , Volume 34, Issues 1-6, page 67,
    • The menagerie for sale at this auction included two black puggles with hernias, a French bulldog with one ear, a 3-month old Yorkshire terrier with only one testicle and a badly bow-legged bulldog.

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