Ornithorhynchus

See also: ornithorhynchus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-, the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”). Coined by German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1800. The earlier proposed Platypus was already in use as a weevil genus and was displaced following the principle of priority.

Proper noun

Ornithorhynchus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ornithorhynchidae – the duck-billed platypus.

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