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单词 -rhynchous
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-rhynchouscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. odontorhynchous adj.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek -ρρυγχος , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek -ρρυγχος, combining form (in e.g. πλατύρρυγχος : see platyrhynchous adj. at platy- comb. form ) of ῥύγχος snout (perhaps < the same Indo-European base as Armenian rngunk‘ (plural) nostrils, nose) + -ous suffix. Compare scientific Latin -rhynchus, chiefly forming taxonomic names.Formations are found from the second half of the 19th cent., chiefly after scientific Latin taxonomic names in -rhynchus.
Forming adjectives designating animals with a beak or snout of a type specified by the first element, as dermorhynchous, odontorhynchous, pachyrhynchous, platyrhynchous, stenorhynchous, etc.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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