Particularly considering that the name puggle is already taken by a few different things such as a breed of dog thats a cross between a beagle and a pug.

Baby animal names platypus. Some claim that the name of a baby platypus is a puggle which is colloquially also the name for a. Platypus themselves were named in 1799 from the Latin Platypus anatinus meaning flat-footed duck-like. Animals with Weird Names.

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Hedgehog sea urchin Physical characteristics. The most striking thing about the platypus is it lays eggs like a bird. You can discover many of the interesting names used to describe a baby animal.

But it turns out its not actually a platypus at all - in fact its not an animal at all. They are called monotremes. The duck-billed platypus is a semi-aquatic monotreme mammal that lives in rivers and creeks of the eastern regions of Australia.

Depending on their species a baby owl or owlet can sometimes take care of itself. A baby turkey is called a poult. Caterpillar Larva Pupa Chrysalis.

An alternate explanation is a confusion with Ancient Greek. The name turkey was originally the name for African guinea fowl and it eventually became the name for the Western hemisphere fowl with which the earlier fowl was confused. And a stuffed toy and yes the name puggle is trademarked.