‖ tambreet
(tæmˈbriːt)
[Mallangong lang. of New South Wales.]
A native name of the duckbilled platypus.
| 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 28/1 The Duckbill, or Duckbilled Platypus..; Mallangong, Tambreet,..Water-mole of the English colonists. 1864 in Webster; and in mod. Dicts. |