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Ornithorhynchus
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ornithorhynchus
Translingual
right|thumb|Ornithorhynchus anatinus species
Etymology
From mul grc ὄρνιθ- the stem of grc ὄρνις bird + grc ῥύγχος snout. mul Q58588 1800. The earlier proposed Platypus genus was already in use as a weevil genus and was displaced following the principle of priority.
Proper noun
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genus family Ornithorhynchidae the duck-billed platypus
Hypernyms
genus ; Monotremata order - order; Ornithorhynchidae family - family
Hyponyms
genus Ornithorhynchus anatinus species – sole extant species
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