ornithorhynchus

[ awr-nuh-thuh-ring-kuh s ]

/ ˌɔr nə θəˈrɪŋ kəs /

the platypus.

Origin of ornithorhynchus

1790–1800; < New Latin: genus name, equivalent to ornitho- ornitho- + -rhynchus < Greek rhýnchos bill

The Opossum, Kangaroo, and Ornithorhynchus are existing representatives of this group.

The World Before the Deluge |Louis Figuier
Descriptions of the Anatomy of the Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus.

Nature Books Popular and Scientific from The Franklin Bookshop, 1910 |Samuel N. Rhoads
It is much more nearly paralleled in the little group of Monotremata allied to the living Ornithorhynchus.

Dragons of the Air |H. G. Seeley
Our next subject is named The Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus, and is a very singular quadruped, remarkable for its structure.

The Book of Curiosities |I. Platts

The brain (Fig. 53) is marked by sulci, contrary to what we find in Ornithorhynchus.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia |Frank Evers Beddard

ornithorhynchus

/ (ˌɔːnɪθəʊˈrɪŋkəs) /

the technical name for duck-billed platypus

C19: New Latin, from ornitho- + Greek rhunkhos bill