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nokkloom

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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 19.06.2025

Meanings

Kagu-Austraalias ja Tasmaanias elav laia lameda koonuga imetaja, kes sigib munadega

Translations

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Isased nokkloomad kuuluvad väheste mürgiste imetajate hulka. Nende tagajalgadel on mürginäärmega ühendatud terav kannus, mis on kaitseks ründajate vastu.
Usage examples
  • Nokklooma saba näib pärinevat kopralt ja nokk pardilt.
  • Lisaks nokkloomale ujus jões ringi hulk kilpkonni.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 720567 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain classified zoology
  • tumepruun ainupiluliste seltsi kuuluv poolveelise eluviisiga ürgimetaja, nokkloomlaste (Ornithorhynchidae) sgk-a ainus liik. Elutseb Kagu-Austraalia ja Tasmaania jõgede kaldaurgudes ... pardinokataolist (sellest nimetus) koonu katab sarvestunud nahk; viie varbaga jäsemetel on ujunahad. Toitub selgrootuist. Sigib munadega, poegi on kuni 3, toidab neid piimaga ...
  • a small aquatic, egg-laying monotreme of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season
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  • FI: vesinokkaeläin [U50980] DE: das Schnabeltier [U50980] LA: Ornithorhynchus anatinus [TER] [ENE]
nokkloom
duck-billed platypus

Loomanimetuste terminibaas

ID 378989 Last modified 29.03.2023
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Word forms

Inflection Type 22i

nokkloom nokkloomad
nokklooma nokkloomade
nokklooma nokkloomi ~ nokkloomasid

Etymology

tõlkelaen
  • nokkloom
    • Schnabeltier

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