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 Meaning of ORNITHORHYNCHUS
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae |  |  |  |  | Sponsored Links: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | genus Ornithorhynchus |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, family Ornithorhynchidae, mammal genus, Ornithorhynchidae, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, platypus |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Or`ni*tho*rhyn"chus\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a
bird + ? snout, beak.] (Zo["o]l.)
See {Duck mole}, under {Duck}.
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