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 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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Synonyms
* duck-billed platypus
* duckbill
* duckmole
* watermole
Derived terms
* platypusary
* platypussary
See also
* echidna
* monotreme
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robin Noun
( en noun)
Various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly ), typically with a red breast.
# A European robin; ''Erithacus rubecula.
#*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days , chapter=Ep./4/2
, passage=As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.}}
# An American robin; Turdus migratorius .
Usage notes
The American robin is quite different from the European one: English settlers in America so named a red-breasted bird much larger than the European robin.
Synonyms
* (all senses) redbreast, robin redbreast
* (the European robin)
Derived terms
* robin redbreast
* round-robin
External links
* (Erithacus rubecula)
* (Turdus migratorius)
* (Erithacus rubecula)
* (Turdus migratorius)
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