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stevec000 | 22:15 Fri 12th Sep 2008 | Animals & Nature

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anyone know what the collective/plural of duck billed platapus is

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jules77

platypuses??

fredpuli47

The OED says that 'platypus' is modern Latin, though adapted from Greek 'platupous'. As it's Latin , all pedants may use platypi for the plural [we take it as a masculine noun of the second declension] and everyone else can laugh ! Platypuses seems better.

The dictionary gives 'platypussary' for "an enclosure or building in which platypuses are kept". The dictionary is there using 'platypuses' as the plural.

richee

I like pu55y

Ice.Maiden

I believe platypuses is right - but platypi - or even platypii - makes me laugh!

johnny37

What is the plural of mongoose?

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