Platypus vs Tugboat - What's the difference?

platypus | tugboat |


As a proper noun platypus

is .

As a noun tugboat is

a small, powerful boat (a "tugship" in other languages) used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

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

    tugboat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * tug-boat * tug boat (wikipedia tugboat)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small, powerful boat (a "tugship" in other languages) used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.

    • Synonyms

    * tug

    See also

    * towboat