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Czech
Etymology
From pták (“bird”) + -o- + pysk (“lip”). Calque of translingual Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-) (the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”); Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791–1849).
Pronunciation
Noun
ptakopysk m anim
- platypus
Declension
Declension of ptakopysk (velar masculine animate)
References
- ^ Boček, Vít (2011) “České názvy savců. Historicko-etymologická studie”, in Jazykovědné aktuality (in Czech), archived from the original on 5 March 2016, page 128