Ornithorhynchus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ornithorhynchus \Or`ni*tho*rhyn"chus\, prop. n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + ? snout, beak.] (Zool.)
     A genus of monotremes including the platypus ({Ornithorhyncus
     anatinus}). See {Duck mole}, under {Duck}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ornithorhynchus
       n : type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: {genus
           Ornithorhynchus}]