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Possum vs Platypus - What's the difference?

possum | platypus |

As a noun possum

is (us) an opossum, a marsupial of the family didelphidae of the americas.

As a proper noun platypus is

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possum

English

(wikipedia possum)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.
  • Any of the marsupials in several families of the order Diprotodontia of Australia and neighboring islands.

    • Derived terms

    * play possum *

    Related terms

    * opossum

    See also

    * * ----

    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