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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) 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

• → Catalan: ornitorrinc
• → Corsican: ornitorincu
• → English: ornithorhynchus
• → French: ornithorynque
• → Galician: ornitorrinco
• → Italian: ornitorinco
• → Portuguese: ornitorrinco
• → Romanian: ornitorinc
• → Spanish: ornitorrinco