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Dutch
Etymology
From vogel (“bird”) + bek (“beak, (animal) mouth”) + dier (“animal”). Similar constructs exist in other Germanic languages, cf. Afrikaans eendbekdier, German Schnabeltier, Swedish näbbdjur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋoːɣəlˌbɛkˌdiːr/
- Hyphenation: vo‧gel‧bek‧dier
Noun
vogelbekdier n (plural vogelbekdieren, diminutive vogelbekdiertje n)
- platypus
- Synonym: eendenmol
2013 November 5, “Resten van reusachtig vogelbekdier ontdekt”, in NU.nl:Australische wetenschappers hebben vermoedelijk een fossiel ontdekt van een reusachtig prehistorisch vogelbekdier.- Australian scientists have presumably discovered a fossil of a gigantic prehistoric platypus.
- ornithorhynchid, any member of the family Ornithorhynchidae of platypuses and close relatives
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