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Ornithorhynchus

Orˊni-tho-rhyn′chus

,

p

rop.

Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ὄρνις

,

ὄρνιθος

, a bird + [GREEK] snout, beak.]

(Zool.)

A genus of monotremes including the platypus (

Ornithorhyncus anatinus

). See

Duck mole

, under

.