Duck billed platypus
2006-12-19 05:26:40 · 14 answers · asked by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
platypuses-platypoda-platypus,you decide,platypi does not come in sorry
2006-12-19 09:34:08 · update #1
platypuses
platypi is completely wrong no matter how many people put that up there. if you would simple look at the dictionary like i did, next to platypus it says : pl. -pus*es
2006-12-19 05:28:53 · answer #1 · answered by 63godtoh 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Technically: Duck Billed Platipode is probably correct.
For common usage, any of the following are correct plurals for "platypus":
Platypuses
Platypusses
Platypi
Platipode
Platypus (no change from singular)
There's no agreed-upon plural; the answer differs from source to source. Platypi is probably the least accepted -- and the Australian Platypus Conservance says "platypi is no longer valid, at least suggesting that it once was. But a few pretty believable (scientific) sources say "platypode" is the technically correct plural form.
2006-12-19 06:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by ljb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I looked up "Duck-billed" Platypus and found this on
Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus
There is no universally agreed upon plural of "platypus" in the English language. Scientists generally use "platypuses", "platypoda", or simply "platypus". Colloquially, "platypi" is also used for the plural, although this is pseudo-Latin.[2] Early British settlers called it by many names, such as watermole, duckbill, and duckmole.[2] The name platypus is often prefixed with the adjective "duck-billed" to form duck-billed platypus, despite there being only one species of platypus.
2006-12-19 05:33:22 · answer #3 · answered by emilynghiem 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Duck Billed Platycats
2006-12-19 05:32:12 · answer #4 · answered by RM 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platypi
2006-12-19 05:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by Timothy S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duck Billed Platypussies!
2006-12-19 06:14:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Platypi
2006-12-19 05:28:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
probably Duck Bill Platypi
2006-12-19 05:28:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duck billed platypi.
2006-12-19 05:28:22 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, platypi
2006-12-19 05:29:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 20 duck billed platypus'! ;-)
2006-12-19 05:29:21 · answer #11 · answered by M&M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋