ornitorrinco
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Galician
Etymology
From the genus name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
Noun
ornitorrinco m (plural ornitorrincos)
Portuguese
Etymology
From the New Latin genus name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ornitorrinco m (plural ornitorrincos)
- platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus, a monotreme of Australia)
Spanish
Etymology
From the genus name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ornitorrinco m (plural ornitorrincos)
Further reading
- “ornitorrinco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014