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Platypus is not an Aboriginal word. Instead it comes from the Greek root "Platupous" which means "Flat Footed."
The scientific name (sometimes also called the Latin name) of the platypus is 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 name of the platypus comes from a greek word for "flat footed" because of the way this creature walks.
The platypus's name was determined by British scientist George Shaw.He was the first European to examine the platypus, and he named it Platypus anatinus, from Greek and Latin words meaning "flat-footed, duck-like". This was published in "The Naturalist's Miscellany" in 1799.After realising that the name "platypus" had already been given to a group of beetles, Shaw assigned it the scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout". However, the original name of platypus was adopted as the common name, rather than the word "duckbill", which had also begun to be used.The word platypus is from the Greek platypous, meaning "flat-footed": from platys "broad, flat" + pous "foot."It is incorrect to call this animal a duckbilled platypus.
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If you have an arch in your foot, then you are not flat footed. You can tell if you put your foot against the ground, but not pressing down, and yeah..
If you have an arch in your foot, then you are not flat footed. You can tell if you put your foot against the ground, but not pressing down, and yeah..
Flat-footed people suffers pain from waist down to the feet. What happens is that flat-footed people can be prone to chronic muscle strain as the muscles attempt to keep the foot in a stable position.
"Flat-footed"
Flat footed persons are not good runner and they are not allowed in any army .Flat foot is weaker as compared to curved foot .
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