ornithorhynchus

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ornithorhynchus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ornithorhynchus \Or`ni*tho*rhyn"chus\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + ? snout, beak.] (Zool.)
     A genus of monotremes including the platypus (Ornithorhyncus anatinus
     ). See Duck mole, under Duck.
     [1913 Webster]

ornithorhynchus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ornithorhynchus
      n 1: type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn:
           Ornithorhynchus, genus Ornithorhynchus]