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Etymology edit

From pták (bird) +‎ -o- +‎ pysk (lip). Calque of translingual Ornithorhynchus,[1] from Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-) (the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, bird)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, snout); Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791–1849).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ptakopysk m anim

  1. platypus

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Boček, Vít (2011) “České názvy savců. Historicko-etymologická studie”, in Jazykovědné aktuality[1] (in Czech), archived from the original on 5 March 2016, page 128