Ornithorhynchus

ornithorhynchus

(ˌɔːnɪθəʊˈrɪŋkəs) n (Animals) the technical name for duck-billed platypus[C19: New Latin, from ornitho- + Greek rhunkhos bill]

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Ornithorhynchus - type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidaegenus Ornithorhynchusmammal genus - a genus of mammalsfamily Ornithorhynchidae, Ornithorhynchidae - platypusduckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus, duckbill - small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae

Translations

ornitorinco