ornithorhynchus

Wikispecies

From translingual Ornithorhynchus (genus name).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔː(ɹ)nɪθəˈɹɪŋkəs/

ornithorhynchus (plural ornithorhynchuses)

1. A platypus (genus Ornithorhynchus).

• “ornithorhynchus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρνῑς (órnīs, “bird”)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔr.niː.tʰɔˈrʰyŋ.kʰʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [or.ni.t̪oˈriŋ.kus]

ornīthorhynchus m (genitive ornīthorhynchī); second declension

1. (New Latin) The taxonomic genus Ornithorhynchus.
   1. (by extension) A platypus.

Second-declension noun.

• → Catalan: ornitorrinc
• → Corsican: ornitorincu
• → English: ornithorhynchus
• → French: ornithorynque
• → Galician: ornitorrinco
• → Italian: ornitorinco
• → Portuguese: ornitorrinco
• → Romanian: ornitorinc
• → Spanish: ornitorrinco