FAMILY RYNCHOPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Rynchopidae mean? 

• FAMILY RYNCHOPIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY RYNCHOPIDAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers

  Familiarity information: FAMILY RYNCHOPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY RYNCHOPIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Rynchopidae; Rynchopidae

Hypernyms ("family Rynchopidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "family Rynchopidae"):

genus Rynchops; Rynchops (type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers)

Holonyms ("family Rynchopidae" is a member of...):

Lari; suborder Lari (gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers)