ornithorhynchus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ornithorhynchus
1790–1800; < New Latin: genus name, equivalent to ornitho- ornitho- + -rhynchus < Greek rhýnchos bill
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Unless, for instance, the person already knew certain characteristics of both birds and animals, he could not interpret the ornithorhynchus as a bird-beaked animal.
From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Even in Australia itself the ornithorhynchus and echidna have had to put up perforce with the lower places in the hierarchy of nature.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Grant Allen
No, no; you are the great man for acclimatization; you want to make the ornithorhynchus as common as the turkey.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever
"But," ventured the Mistress, "if Symonds says 'Thumbs down,' then—" "Then I'll buy a pet armadillo or an ornithorhynchus instead," threatened the Master.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
The webbed feet of the seal and ornithorhynchus typify the period when the hands and feet of the human embryo are as yet only partly subdivided into fingers and toes.
From Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
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