ornithorhynchus

See also: Ornithorhynchus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From translingual Ornithorhynchus (genus name).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɔː(ɹ)nɪθəˈɹɪŋkəs/

Noun

ornithorhynchus (plural ornithorhynchuses)

  1. A platypus (genus Ornithorhynchus).

References
  • ornithorhynchus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /or.niː.tʰoˈryn.kʰus/, [ɔrniːt̪ʰɔˈrʏŋkʰʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /or.ni.toˈrin.kus/, [ornit̪oˈriŋkus]

Noun

ornīthorhynchus m (genitive ornīthorhynchī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ornīthorhynchus ornīthorhynchī
Genitive ornīthorhynchī ornīthorhynchōrum
Dative ornīthorhynchō ornīthorhynchīs
Accusative ornīthorhynchum ornīthorhynchōs
Ablative ornīthorhynchō ornīthorhynchīs
Vocative ornīthorhynche ornīthorhynchī

Descendants
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