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RYNCHOPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rynchopidae mean?
• RYNCHOPIDAE (noun)
The noun RYNCHOPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
Familiarity information: RYNCHOPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Rynchopidae; Rynchopidae
Hypernyms ("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 "Rynchopidae"):
genus Rynchops; Rynchops (type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers)
Holonyms ("Rynchopidae" is a member of...):
Lari; suborder Lari (gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers)
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