• (n.) An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot.
Plat'y·pod noun [ Platy + - pod .] (Zoology) An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot. 
platypod A broad-footed animal; having broad or flat feet; specifically, belonging to the group Platypoda of monotrematous mammals (typical genus Platypus), or to the group Platypoda of gastropod molluscs, having a broad flat foot adapted for crawling; also in Orinthology, having the toes joined so as to form a broad sole, syndactyl.