oxyrhynchus

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin oxyrhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos, “a kind of Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s, “sharp”) +‎ ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos, “snout”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɒksɪˈɹɪŋkəs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɑksiˈɹɪŋkəs/ === Noun === oxyrhynchus (plural oxyrhynchi) (ichthyology) a fish with a pointed snout (ichthyology) Mormyrus kannume === References === “oxyrhynchus, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, February 2015. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos, “the name of an Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos)), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s, “sharp”) +‎ ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos, “snout”). === Adjective === oxyrhynchus (feminine oxyrhyncha, neuter oxyrhynchum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin, biology) having a pointed snout having a sharp bill ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: oxyrhynchus French: oxyrhynque