26-Aug-2021 Theme: 'Platy'

(1) What are platyhelminths more commonly known as?

Answer: Flat worms.

(2) The genus Platypus is an amalgam of two Greek words: platys and pous. What do they mean?

Answer: Flat foot.

(3) What is a platy?

Answer: A small, live-bearing freshwater fish, native to Central America.

(4) Platyrrhines are a family of New World monkeys, distinguished by what feature?

Answer: Flat nostrils.

(5) What kinds of life forms are Platylobium species?

Answer: Australian native peas.

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