Etymology

rhyncho-

Today it means: Concerning the beak or snout. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῥύγχος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromῥύγχος“snout”
  2. English todayrhyncho-

From Ancient Greek ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekῥύγχος all →

ornithorhynchus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.