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platys
Greek · ancient
"flat"
flat, combined with pous (foot) to name the flat-footed animal
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platypus
New Latin · 1799
"flat-foot"
coined from Greek platys (flat) and pous (foot) for the newly described egg-laying mammal
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platypus
English · 1800s
"a duck-billed, egg-laying mammal"
adopted directly for the duck-billed, egg-laying mammal
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