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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread platypus #134434 10/23/2004 5:07 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I just read tsuwm's notes on the ornithorynchus and was interested by the beetle that had first received the name of platypus thereby precluding the possibility of the duckbill's receiving the genus of platypus. Question: How exactly does platypus break down etymologically? And, tsuwm, thanks for this week of animal kingdom words. I wouldn't even mind a month of them! Edit: Dr. Bill sent me this interesting link: http://www.rentcomputers.com/platwhat.html#monotremata Platypus means 'flat foot', and one keeps a platypus in a platypussary, if the link content is reliable. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: platypus #134435 10/23/2004 8:20 PM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California platypussary Pff. I'd rather coin platypodostasis. But that's just me. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,389 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,213 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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