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ornithorhynchus

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ornithorhynchus [ˌɔːnɪθəʊˈrɪŋkəs]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the technical name for duck-billed platypus
[New Latin, from ornitho- + Greek rhunkhos bill]
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Noun1.ornithorhynchusOrnithorhynchus - type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae
genus Ornithorhynchus
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Ornithorhynchidae, Ornithorhynchidae - platypus
duck-billed platypus, duckbilled platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus, duckbill - small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae


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And it is in fresh water that we find seven genera of Ganoid fishes, remnants of a once preponderant order: and in fresh water we find some of the most anomalous forms now known in the world, as the Ornithorhynchus and Lepidosiren, which, like fossils, connect to a certain extent orders now widely separated in the natural scale.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
In the dusk of the evening I took a stroll along a chain of ponds, which in this dry country represented the course of a river, and had the good fortune to see several of the famous Ornithorhynchus paradoxus.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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