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Meaning of ORNITHORHYNCHUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae
 
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 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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