ornitorrinco
Spanish, noun/oɾnitoˈrinko/
ornitorrinco is spelled O-R-N-I-T-O-R-R-I-N-C-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ornitorrinco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “platypus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Mamífero monotrema australiano, de hábitos anfibios, con cuerpo robusto recubierto…”.
What does ornitorrinco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplatypus
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Mamífero monotrema australiano, de hábitos anfibios, con cuerpo robusto recubierto de denso pelaje, un pico que recuerda al de los patos, patas palmeadas y espolones ponzoñosos. Junto con los equidnas, muestra características ausentes en los mamíferos marsupiales y placentarios, como la reproducción ovípara.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ornitorrinco
- ornitorrincos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ornitorrinco?
- /oɾnitoˈrinko/
- [oɾ.ni.t̪oˈrĩŋ.ko]
- [oɾnit̪oˈrĩŋko]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ornitorrinco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ornitorrinco in Spanish?
ornitorrinco appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).