ornithorhynchus

[ awr-nuh-thuh-ring-kuhs ]

noun
  1. the platypus.

Origin of ornithorhynchus

1
1790–1800; <New Latin: genus name, equivalent to ornitho-ornitho- + -rhynchus<Greek rhýnchos bill

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British Dictionary definitions for ornithorhynchus

ornithorhynchus

/ (ˌɔːnɪθəʊˈrɪŋkəs) /


noun
  1. the technical name for duck-billed platypus

Origin of ornithorhynchus

1
C19: New Latin, from ornitho- + Greek rhunkhos bill

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