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The French word for platypus - ornithorynque - is derived from the platypus's scientific name of Ornithorhynchus anatinus, the first word of which means "bird-like snout". This is because the platypus has an unusual snout which, to the average person, may appear to be like a duck's bill, even though it is very different.

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