Home › Words › P › platypusaryplatypusary/ˈplætɪpʊsəɹi/platypusary means A place where platypuses are nurtured.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, platypusary ranks #30,191 of 42,752 for Qualifying.platypusary is pronounced /ˈplætɪpʊsəɹi/.EtymologyFrom platypus + -ary, coined by Australian naturalist Henry Burrell (1873–1945), the first person who succeeded in constructing a functioning platypusary.nounA place where platypuses are nurtured.e.g.“It was Mr. Harry Burrell, of Sydney, who first designed an intricate model home for the platypus and coined for it the obviously suitable name of "Platypusary".” — 1944, David Howells Fleay, We breed the platypus, page 14:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).