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Definition of Ornithorhynchus
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Ornithorhynchidae, Ornithorhynchidae
Member holonyms: Duck-billed Platypus, Duckbill, Duckbilled Platypus, Ornithorhynchus Anatinus, Platypus
Definition of Ornithorhynchus
1. n. See Duck mole, under Duck.
Definition of Ornithorhynchus
1. Noun. A platypus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ornithorhynchus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithorhynchus
Literary usage of Ornithorhynchus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1894)
"The Femoral Gland of ornithorhynchus and Its Secretions. ... NSW a paper on the
secretions of the femoral gland of the ornithorhynchus was presented by CJ ..."
2. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"On comparing the general form of the sternum with that of the ornithorhynchus
paradoxus, a general agreement was discovered between them : they differ in ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"E. hystrix; ornithorhynchus hystrix, Home ; Myrmecophaga ... Some naturalists
consider it as a mere variety from age. ornithorhynchus ..."
4. Journal of the British Dental Association by British Dental Association (1888)
"The ornithorhynchus. IN a note communicated to the Royal Society in February,
which we publish elsewhere, an account is given of the occurrence of true ..."
5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1885)
"THE DUMB-BELL-SHAPED BONE IN THE PALATE OF ornithorhynchus COMPARED WITH THE ...
refers to the arrangement of the bones of the beak of ornithorhynchus ..."
6. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1825)
"The characters peculiar to the ornithorhynchus are the following, ... Sir J.
Jamison, of Botany Bay, slightly wounded an ornithorhynchus with a musket-shot. ..."
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