noun🔗ShareУтконосыA semi-aquatic, egg-laying monotreme 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"The zookeeper was excited because several platypuses were born at the zoo this year. "Смотритель зоопарка был взволнован, потому что в этом году в зоопарке родилось несколько утконосов.animalbiologyorganismnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading