ornithorhynchus

See also: Ornithorhynchus

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin genus name.

Noun

ornithorhynchus (plural ornithorhynchuses)

1. A platypus (genus Ornithorhynchus).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ornithorhynchus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /or.niː.tʰoˈryn.kʰus/, [ɔrniːt̪ʰɔˈrʏŋkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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

• English: ornithorhynchus
• Italian: ornitorinco