oxyrhynchus
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See also: Oxyrhynchus
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From New Latin oxyrhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxúrrhunkhos, “a kind of Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɒksɪˈɹɪŋkəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɑksiˈɹɪŋkəs/
Noun[edit]
oxyrhynchus (plural oxyrhynchi)
- (ichthyology) a fish with a pointed snout
- (ichthyology) Mormyrus kannume
References[edit]
- “oxyrhynchus, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, February 2015.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxúrrhunkhos, “the name of an Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos)), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
Adjective[edit]
oxyrhynchus (feminine oxyrhyncha, neuter oxyrhynchum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | oxyrhynchus | oxyrhyncha | oxyrhynchum | oxyrhynchī | oxyrhynchae | oxyrhyncha | |
| Genitive | oxyrhynchī | oxyrhynchae | oxyrhynchī | oxyrhynchōrum | oxyrhynchārum | oxyrhynchōrum | |
| Dative | oxyrhynchō | oxyrhynchō | oxyrhynchīs | ||||
| Accusative | oxyrhynchum | oxyrhyncham | oxyrhynchum | oxyrhynchōs | oxyrhynchās | oxyrhyncha | |
| Ablative | oxyrhynchō | oxyrhynchā | oxyrhynchō | oxyrhynchīs | |||
| Vocative | oxyrhynche | oxyrhyncha | oxyrhynchum | oxyrhynchī | oxyrhynchae | oxyrhyncha | |
Descendants[edit]
Translingual descendants
- Acanthogobio oxyrhynchus
- Acipenser oxyrhynchus
- Agonostoma oxyrhynchus
- Ahaetulla oxyrhyncha
- Anabas oxyrhynchus
- Anduzedoras oxyrhynchus
- Arachnites oxyrhynchus
- Arnoglossus oxyrhynchus
- Astragalus oxyrhynchus
- Atelopus oxyrhynchus
- Barbus oxyrhynchus
- Carcharhinus oxyrhynchus
- Carcharias oxyrhynchus
- Cestraeus oxyrhynchus
- Cheilinus oxyrhynchus
- Chondrostoma oxyrhynchum
- Coregonus oxyrhynchus
- Corydoras oxyrhynchus
- Ctenopoma oxyrhynchum
- Ctenopoma oxyrhynchus
- Cynoglossus oxyrhynchus
- Diastylis oxyrhyncha
- Dipturus oxyrhynchus
- Doras oxyrhynchus
- Dryinus oxyrhynchus
- Eleutherodactylus oxyrhynchus
- Facciolella oxyrhyncha
- Hadropterus oxyrhynchus
- Hemitilapia oxyrhyncha
- Hemitilapia oxyrhynchus
- Hesperastragalus oxyrhynchus
- Himantura oxyrhyncha
- Himantura oxyrhynchus
- Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus
- Isurus oxyrhynchus
- Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha
- Leptocephalus oxyrhynchus
- Leptophis oxyrhynchus
- Mormyrus oxyrhynchus
- Moroco oxyrhynchus
- Nandus oxyrhynchus
- Notropis oxyrhynchus
- Parorthocladius oxyrhynchus
- Pedicularis oxyrhyncha
- Pelates oxyrhynchus
- Percina oxyrhyncha
- Percina oxyrhynchus
- Philautus oxyrhynchus
- Phoxinus oxyrhynchus
- Prototroctes oxyrhynchus
- Psammophis oxyrhynchus
- Ptychadena oxyrhynchus
- Quercus oxyrhyncha
- Raja oxyrhyncha
- Raja oxyrhynchus
- Ramphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Ranunculus oxyrhynchus
- Rhagerrhis oxyrhynchus
- Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus
- Rhinoblanus oxyrhynchus
- Rhinophis oxyrhynchus
- Rhynchopelates oxyrhynchus
- Rhyncopelates oxyrhynchus
- Sternarchorhynchus oxyrhynchus
- Sternarchus oxyrhynchus
- Therapon oxyrhynchus
- Tilapia oxyrhynchus
- Trygon oxyrhynchus
- Typhlops oxyrhynchus
- Uromacer oxyrhynchus
- English: oxyrhynchus
- French: oxyrhynque
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