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platypus vs monotreme

monotreme vs platypus

platypus and monotreme both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
platypus Yes No No No
monotreme Yes No No No
As nouns, monotreme is a hypernym of platypus; that is, monotreme is a word with a broader meaning than platypus:
  • platypus: small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae
  • monotreme: the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
Other hypernyms of platypus include egg-laying mammal.
platypus (noun) monotreme (noun)
small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
Difference between platypus and monotreme

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