"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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octopus- octopi platypus- platypuses not platypi.
The plural forms for cactus are cacti or cactuses, both are accepted.Some words that come from Latin, such as cactus, stimulus, nucleus, and radius, still act as they did in Latin. That is, they form a plural by replacing the -us with -i. For some words (such as radius) the ordinary English rules of plurals are often used. Many words that end in -us (such as octopus) are not from Latin, but the -i plural is mistakenly applied.Singular ends in -us/Plural ends in -i:alumnus/ alumnibacillus/ bacillicactus/ cactinucleus/ nucleistimulus/ stimulifocus/ fociradius/ radiiterminus/ terminivillus/ villiOf course to confuse the issue further, the English plural of "virus" is "viruses" not viri; and the word platypus forms the plurals platypus or platypuses, not platypi.
you look as bizarre as a platypus
The plural for she is they; the plural for her is them.
The plural of "she" is "they", so the plural of "she had" is "they had".
The plural of platypus is platypuses.It is not platypi.
No, more than one platypus is two or more platypuses. The plural is not 'platypi'.
The plural possessive form of platypus is platypuses', e.g. The platypuses' burrows were washed out by the floods.
The plural of platypus is platypuses. It is not 'platypi'.
The plural of platypus is platypuses.It is pronounced plat - i - puss - es.
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).
More than one platypus is two or more platypuses. The plural is not 'platypi'.
It isn't. The plural of platypus is platypuses, not platypi.
deer, moose, platypus
octopus- octopi platypus- platypuses not platypi.
Platypus - platypi cactus - cacti
The pluralization of octopus as "octopi" is in fact, in its Latinate form, incorrect, as this would require it to be a second declension Latin word. Since its classification in Latin form is third declension, according to classical Latin grammar rules, the plural of octopus should be octopodes. In any case, the more commonly used plural of octopus is "octopuses" - which classicists regard as an incorrect oversimplification. Besides this, the plural of platypus cannot be universally agreed upon either - "platypuses", "platypus", and "platypi", as well as the grammatically correct plural "platypodes", are used with varying levels of popularity.