RYNCHOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rynchops mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RYNCHOPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rynchops; Rynchops

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Rynchops"):

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

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

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