Platypus vs Robin - What's the difference?
platypus | robin |
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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Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
# A European robin; ''Erithacus rubecula.
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# An American robin; Turdus migratorius .
As nouns the difference between platypus and robin
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 anatinusrobin is various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly family: Eopsaltridae), typically with a red breast.As a proper noun Robin is
a given name derived from Germanic.platypus
English
(wikipedia platypus)Noun
Quotations
* (English Citations of "platypus")Synonyms
* duck-billed platypus * duckbill * duckmole * watermoleDerived terms
* platypusary * platypussarySee also
* echidna * monotremerobin
English
(wikipedia robin)Noun
(en noun)“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./4/2
