platy· podes | \ˈpla-ti-pōdes\
noun, plural
the obscure, but only genuinely correct plural of “
platypus” according to both Linnaen taxonomy and rules of pluralization in the Greek language, as “Platypus” is the latinisation of the Ancient_Greek word πλατύπους (platupous), "flat-footed", from πλατύς (platus), "broad, wide, flat" and πούς (pous), "foot”.
Unfortunately, it is almost always eschewed in favor of the absolutely incorrect pseudo-
latin term , “platypi”, or the Standard English plural, the vulgar “platypuses”.
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Stephen Hawking:
Dude, you know, when I was alive, I wish I had spent more time studying platypuses…
Einstein: Oh,
dude, you do mean “platypodes”, yes?
Stephen Hawking: Of course! Forgive my lack of fastidiousness!
Einstein: It’s all good,
dude!
Stephen Hawking:
Dude, you know, when I was alive, I wish I had spent more time studying platypuses…
Einstein: Oh,
dude, you do mean “platypodes”, yes?
Stephen Hawking: Of course!! Forgive my lack of fastidiousness,
dude!
Einstein: It’s all good, dude!
