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Ornithorhynchus

noun

Type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae. Synonym: genus Ornithorhynchus.

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Ornithorhynchus anatinus

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"Ornithorhynchus" Quotes from Famous Books

... must say!" she exclaimed, scornfully. "I wouldn't play such a kid game!" Nevertheless, she dashed down the avenue at the top of her speed, when Joyce called out, tantalisingly, "The last one through the gate is a jibbering ornithorhynchus!" In her zeal not to be dubbed such a title for the rest of the day as a jibbering ornithorhynchus, Betty urged Lad along until she nearly bounced out of her saddle, and the letter lay on the hall table, forgotten by both the girls who had ...

— The Little Colonel's House Party • Annie Fellows Johnston

... "mocking-bird," the "coachman," which mimics the crack of the whip, and the "laughing jackass," with its continual bursts of laughter, which have a strange effect upon the nerves. Sir John Cox presented the commander with two specimens of the water-mole, also called the ornithorhynchus, a curious amphibious creature, the habits of which are still little known to European naturalists, many museums ...

— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century • Jules Verne

Words linked to "Ornithorhynchus" : genus Ornithorhynchus, Ornithorhynchidae, duckbilled platypus, platypus, duck-billed platypus, mammal genus, family Ornithorhynchidae, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, duckbill