platypus
Origin of ornithorhynchus
from ornitho- + Classical Greek rhynchos, bill, snout from Indo-European echoic base an unverified form srungh-, to snortornithorhynchus
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Noun
(plural ornithorhynchuses)
- A platypus, (genus Ornithorhynchus).
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Origin
From the genus name.
Proper noun
Ornithorhynchus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ornithorhynchidae "” the single species Ornithorhynchus anatinus (platypus, also called duck-billed platypus).
Origin
From Ancient Greek ὄÏνιθ- (ornith-) (the stem of ὄÏνις (ornis, “bird")) + á¿¥Ïγχος (rhunkhos, “snout").
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