GENUS ORNITHORHYNCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ornithorhynchus mean? 

• GENUS ORNITHORHYNCHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ORNITHORHYNCHUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS ORNITHORHYNCHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ORNITHORHYNCHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Ornithorhynchus; Ornithorhynchus

Hypernyms ("genus Ornithorhynchus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ornithorhynchus"):

duck-billed platypus; duckbill; duckbilled platypus; Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus (small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae)

Holonyms ("genus Ornithorhynchus" is a member of...):

family Ornithorhynchidae; Ornithorhynchidae (platypus)