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The term 'puggle' is often used for a young platypus just as it is for a young echidna. This is incorrect, and there is no official name for a baby platypus.

The term "puggle" has reportedly been used in Australian bush lore as a name for baby echidnas for many decades. There have been claims that it developed as a name for baby echidnas, as they resembled "Puggles", an American soft-toy character. Perhaps because echidnas and platypuses are both monotremes, the term began to be applied to young platypus as well.

The company producing the "Puggles" toy considered legal action against the unauthorised use of the term "puggles". Whether or not this action went ahead is undetermined, and some have alleged that it could be illegal to use the word for anything other than the soft toy.

The term puggle may be used to refer to the pups of a Beagle and a Pug. Beagle+Pug=Puggle

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