Ornithorhynchus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-, the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”). Coined by German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1800. The earlier proposed Platypus was already in use as a weevil genus and was displaced following the principle of priority. === Proper noun === Ornithorhynchus m A taxonomic genus within the family Ornithorhynchidae – the duck-billed platypus. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Monotremata - order; Ornithorhynchidae - family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Ornithorhynchus anatinus – sole extant species === References === Ornithorhynchus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ornithorhynchus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Ornithorhynchus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons