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    GENUS RYNCHOPS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Rynchops; Rynchops

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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