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Rynchops

noun

type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers

• Syn: ↑genus Rynchops

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rynchopidae, ↑family Rynchopidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑skimmer

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\\ˈriŋˌkäps\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from rhynch- + -ops

: a genus of birds consisting of the skimmers and constituting a family of the order Charadriiformes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.