duck-billed platypus in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for duck-billed platypus in the English»French Dictionary

duck-billed platypus N

duck-billed platypus

ornithorynque m

Translations for duck-billed platypus in the French»English Dictionary

ornithorynque

(duck-billed) platypus

Translations for duck-billed platypus in the English»French Dictionary

I.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] N

1. duck <pl ducks; collect duck>:

duck ZOOL, FOOD

canard m

duck (female of species)

cane f

2. duck (in cricket):

to be out for or to make a duck

ne marquer aucun point

to break one's duck

marquer son premier point

to break one's duck fig

remporter sa première victoire

3. duck Brit region, inf:

duck, a. ducks (form of address) (to child)

mon chéri/ma chérie m/f

duck, a. ducks (to woman)

ma petite dame

4. duck TEXTIL:

duck

coutil m

II.ducks N

ducks npl FASHION:

ducks

pantalon m de coutil

III.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] VB trans

1. duck (lower):

to duck one's head

baisser la tête

2. duck (dodge):

duck punch, ball

esquiver

3. duck (avoid) fig:

duck issue, question

esquiver

duck responsibility

se dérober à

4. duck (push under water):

duck

faire boire la tasse à inf

IV.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək] VB intr

duck person:

baisser la tête

duck boxer:

esquiver un coup

I ducked into a side street to avoid meeting her

je me suis engouffré dans une ruelle pour éviter de la rencontrer

to duck behind sth

se cacher derrière qc

V.duck [Brit dʌk, Am dək]

he took to it like a duck to water

il s'y est mis comme s'il avait fait ça toute sa vie

(there's no point in telling him off) it's like water off a duck's back

(c'est inutile de le réprimander) ça ne le touche absolument pas

platypus [Brit ˈplatɪpəs, Am ˈplædəpəs] N

platypus

ornithorynque m

duck-billed platypus in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for duck-billed platypus in the French»English Dictionary

ornithorynque

duck-billed platypus

Translations for duck-billed platypus in the English»French Dictionary

I.duck [dʌk] N

duck

canard m

Phrases:

like a duck to water inf

comme un poisson dans l'eau

II.duck [dʌk] VB intr

1. duck (dip head):

duck

baisser la tête subitement

to duck under water

plonger subitement sous l'eau

2. duck (hide quickly):

duck

s'esquiver

III.duck [dʌk] VB trans

1. duck (evasively dip quickly):

to duck one's head

baisser la tête subitement

to duck one's head under water

plonger sa tête subitement sous l'eau

2. duck (avoid):

duck

esquiver

platypus <-es> [ˈplætɪpəs, Am ˈplæt̬-] N

platypus

ornithorynque m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The duck-billed platypus was fine -- it's still fine; it just goes on being a duck-billed platypus.

www.slate.com

Who can forget the duck-billed platypus and anteater noses of 2012?

edition.cnn.com

When zoologists looked at the duck-billed platypus, they had problems.

www.slate.com

The centerpiece of his collection is the skull of a duck-billed platypus.

www.cnn.com

These include the duck-billed platypus and spiny anteater.

www.slate.com

Among mammals alive today, only the duck-billed platypus and several shrew species produce venom.

www.washington.edu

The 2012 duck-billed platypus noses were deemed particularly ugly.

edition.cnn.com

What about the duck-billed platypus or the tapir?

www.independent.co.uk

A platypus, technically speaking, is a genus of beetle, not to be confused with a duck-billed platypus.

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