ORNITHORHYNCHUS

Or `ni *tho *rhyn "chus, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

ornithorhynchus

or ni tho rhyn chus |ˌôrnəTHəˈriNGkəs ɔrˌnɪθəˈrɪŋkəs | ▶noun another term for platypus. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from ornitho- + Greek rhunkhos ‘bill. ’

Ornithorhynchus

Or ni tho rhyn chus Substantiv, maskulin , der |Ornithorh y nchus |der Ornithorhynchus; Genitiv: des Ornithorhynchus griechisch-neulateinisch australisches Schnabeltier