näbbdjur

Swedish
Ett simmande näbbdjur
A swimming platypus

Etymology

näbb (“beak”) +‎ djur (“animal”). Calque of German Schnabeltier. Compare Danish næbdyr, Norwegian Bokmål nebbdyr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɛb.jʉːr/

Noun

näbbdjur n

  1. platypus, duck-billed platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Declension

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References

näbbdjur in Svensk ordbok (SO) näbbdjur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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