oxyrhynchus

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English

Etymology

From New Latin oxyrhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxúrrhunkhos, “a kind of Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Pronunciation

Noun

oxyrhynchus (plural oxyrhynchi)

  1. (ichthyology) a fish with a pointed snout
  2. (ichthyology) Mormyrus kannume

References

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxúrrhunkhos, “the name of an Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos)), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxús, “sharp”) +‎ ῥῠ́γχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Adjective

oxyrhynchus (feminine oxyrhyncha, neuter oxyrhynchum); first/second-declension adjective

(New Latin, biology)
  1. having a pointed snout
  2. having a sharp bill

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative oxyrhynchus oxyrhyncha oxyrhynchum oxyrhynchī oxyrhynchae oxyrhyncha
genitive oxyrhynchī oxyrhynchae oxyrhynchī oxyrhynchōrum oxyrhynchārum oxyrhynchōrum
dative oxyrhynchō oxyrhynchae oxyrhynchō oxyrhynchīs
accusative oxyrhynchum oxyrhyncham oxyrhynchum oxyrhynchōs oxyrhynchās oxyrhyncha
ablative oxyrhynchō oxyrhynchā oxyrhynchō oxyrhynchīs
vocative oxyrhynche oxyrhyncha oxyrhynchum oxyrhynchī oxyrhynchae oxyrhyncha

Descendants

Translingual descendants
  • English: oxyrhynchus
  • French: oxyrhynque
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