näbbdjur

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Swedish

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ett simmande näbbdjur
a swimming platypus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

näbbdjur n

  1. platypus, duck-billed platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Declension

Declension of näbbdjur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative näbbdjur näbbdjuret näbbdjur näbbdjuren
Genitive näbbdjurs näbbdjurets näbbdjurs näbbdjurens

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