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ORNITHORHYNCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ornithorhynchus mean? 

ORNITHORHYNCHUS (noun)
  The noun ORNITHORHYNCHUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidaeplay

  Familiarity information: ORNITHORHYNCHUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORNITHORHYNCHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ornithorhynchus; Ornithorhynchus

Hypernyms ("Ornithorhynchus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ornithorhynchus"):

duck-billed platypus; duckbill; duckbilled platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus (small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae)

Holonyms ("Ornithorhynchus" is a member of...):

family Ornithorhynchidae; Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)


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