"ornithorhynchus" meaning in Latin

See ornithorhynchus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɔr.niː.tʰɔˈrʰyŋ.kʰʊs] [Classical-Latin], [or.ni.toˈriŋ.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄρνῑς (órnīs, “bird”)) + Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”). Etymology templates: {{uder|la|grc|ὄρνῑς||bird}} Ancient Greek ὄρνῑς (órnīs, “bird”), {{uder|la|grc|ῥύγχος||snout}} Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”) Head templates: {{la-noun|ornīthorhynchus<2>}} ornīthorhynchus m (genitive ornīthorhynchī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|ornīthorhynchus<2>}} Forms: ornīthorhynchus [canonical, masculine], ornīthorhynchī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ornīthorhynchus [nominative, singular], ornīthorhynchī [nominative, plural], ornīthorhynchī [genitive, singular], ornīthorhynchōrum [genitive, plural], ornīthorhynchō [dative, singular], ornīthorhynchīs [dative, plural], ornīthorhynchum [accusative, singular], ornīthorhynchōs [accusative, plural], ornīthorhynchō [ablative, singular], ornīthorhynchīs [ablative, plural], ornīthorhynche [singular, vocative], ornīthorhynchī [plural, vocative]
  1. (New Latin) The taxonomic genus Ornithorhynchus. Tags: New-Latin, declension-2
    Sense id: en-ornithorhynchus-la-noun-yTWSslFB Categories (other): New Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin undefined derivations Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin undefined derivations: 50 50
  2. (New Latin) The taxonomic genus Ornithorhynchus.
    (by extension) A platypus.     Tags: New-Latin, broadly, declension-2
    Sense id: en-ornithorhynchus-la-noun-FRLVA8LE Categories (other): New Latin, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin undefined derivations Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Latin undefined derivations: 50 50
     
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