-
early as 1666 give the
dubious etymology of
Latin sūs "pig" and Gr****
rhynchos "nose",
referring to pigs
grubbing the roots. As
Goldblatt and Manning...
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Scapanorhynchus (from Gr****: σκάφιου scaphion, 'shovel' and Gr****: ῥύγχος
rhynchos 'snout') is an
extinct genus of
goblin shark that
lived during the Cretaceous...
- "Moderate snout", and is
derived from the Gr**** Metrio- ("moderate") and -
rhynchos ("snout").
Fossil specimens referrable to
Metriorhynchus are
known from...
- erythrorhynchos,
derived from the
Ancient Gr****
words erythros (ἐρυθρός) 'red' +
rhynchos (ῥύγχος) 'bill'. The
species is monotypic: no
subspecies are recognised...
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Sclerorhynchus (from Gr****: σκληρός scleros, 'hard' and Gr****: ῥύγχος
rhynchos 'snout') is an
extinct genus of
ganopristid sclerorhynchoid that
lived during...
- the Gr****
words αὐχήν (auchēn),
meaning "neck" or "throat," and ῥύγχος (
rhynchos),
meaning "snout".
Debate and
uncertainty as to
whether the Auchenorrhyncha...
- The name is
derived from
Ancient Gr****
rhynchos ("beak") and
psittakos ("parrot") and pachy- ("thick") and
rhynchos ("beak"),
hence a "thick-beaked parrot"...
- 'short-billed crow', from
Ancient Gr**** βραχυ- brachy- ('short-') and ρυνχος
rhynchos ('billed'). A 2012
genetic analysis of the
genus Corvus by Knud A Jønsson...
-
specific epithet derived from the
Ancient Gr**** pachy-/παχυ- "thick" and
rhynchos/ρύγχος "beak". It is one of the four to
seven species in the
genus Eudyptes...
-
first of the
genus Lagenorhynchus (lagenos,
Latin for "bottle" or "flask";
rhynchos, "beak" or "snout") to be
known to science. Its
specific name, albirostris...
