köken: Composed of өйрәк (öyrək, “duck”) + морон (moron, “nose”). Calque of Russian утконо́с (utkonós). Compare with Tatar үрдәкборын (ürdäkborın, “platipus”), Uzbek oʻrdakburun (“platipus”), Azerbaijani ördəkburun (“platipus”) - these cognates are made up of components that are etymologically equivalent to those in the Bashkir term. Also compare Kazakh үйректұмсық (üirektūmsyq, “platipus”), Uyghur…
platypus · ornithorhynchid, any member of the family Ornithorhynchidae of platypuses and close relatives
çekim: çoğul vogelbekdieren
köken: From vogel (“bird”) + bek (“beak, (animal) mouth”) + dier (“animal”). Similar constructs exist in other Germanic languages, cf. Afrikaans eendbekdier, German Schnabeltier, Swedish näbbdjur.
Australische wetenschappers hebben vermoedelijk een fossiel ontdekt van een reusachtig prehistorisch vogelbekdier.
köken: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις, ὄρνιθος (órnis, órnithos, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).
köken: From pták (“bird”) + -o- + pysk (“lip”). Calque of taxonomic name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνιθ- (órnith-) (the stem of ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”); Coined by Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791–1849).
köken: Borrowed from French ornithorynque, from genus taxonomic name Ornithorhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).