The scientific name (sometimes also called the Latin name) of the platypus is ornithorhynchus anatinus.
Platypus is from Greek words meaning "flat foot".
The word platypus is from the Greek platypous, meaning "flat-footed": from platys "broad, flat" + pous "foot."
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
The word platypus is from the Greek platypous, meaning "flat-footed": from platys "broad, flat" + pous "foot."The scientific name (sometimes also called the Latin name) of the platypus is ornithorhynchus anatinus.
The platypus is classified in the family Ornithorhynchidae because this latin term means "bird-like snout", which refers to the platypus's bill.
Only as pets or on zoos; these animals are from Australia.
Ornithorhynchus anatinusThe original name was Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". After realising that the name "platypus" had already be given to a group of beetles, the scientist involved assigned the platypus the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout".
Do you mean platypus or porpoise?
"Flat-footed"
"Platypus" or "platypuses" are both accepted plural forms.The plural of platypus is not platypi. It is unfortunate that some dictionaries include platypi as a plural. Listing "octopi" as the plural of octopus is also incorrect, for the same reason. Both words are from Greek, not Latin."Platypi" is a colloquialism, and incorrect both grammatically and etymologically. The term uses pseudo-Latin rules.
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If you mean the "platypus," no, it is not a bird. It is a mammal.
That would be the plural using Greek rules: both platypus and octopus are from Greek, and do not (as is commonly assumed) use the Latin plurals platypi and octopi.The correct English plural is either platypuses or the same word platypus (used as a group noun, like sheep or trout).
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The platypus was described scientifically for the first time by Dr. George Shaw (1751-1813). He had named it platypus anatinus.