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GENUS RYNCHOPS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rynchops mean?

• GENUS RYNCHOPS (noun)
The noun GENUS RYNCHOPS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers

Familiarity information: GENUS RYNCHOPS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS RYNCHOPS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Rynchops ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rynchops; Rynchops

Hypernyms ("genus Rynchops" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rynchops"):

skimmer (gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food)

Holonyms ("genus Rynchops" is a member of...):

family Rynchopidae; Rynchopidae (coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers)

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