Definition of Rynchops

1. Noun. Type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Rynchops
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Rynchopidae, Rynchopidae
Member holonyms: Skimmer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rynchops

Ryan
Ryann
Ryazan
Rydberg
Rydberg's penstemon
Rydberg atom
Rydberg atoms
Rydberg constant
Rydberg molecule
Ryder
Rylan
Ryle's tube
Rylee
Rynchopidae
Rynchops
Rypticus
Ryukyu
Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyuan
Ryukyuans
Rzhevsky
Rœulx
Réaumur
Réunion
Rígsþula
Río San Juan
S
S&A
S&H

Literary usage of Rynchops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Genus rynchops Linnaeus. ... Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 138; ed. 12, i, 1766, 228. (Tvp* by monotypy, rynchops nigra ... (Substitute name for rynchops ..."

2. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"XL, which Doctor Boulenger identifies as //. rynchops. ... Hydrus rynchops SCHNEIDER, Hist. Amphib., I, p. 246 (based on Russell, Ind. Serp., I, pi. xvii; ..."

3. Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory by Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1907)
"XL, which Doctor Boulenger identifies as //. rynchops ... Hydrus rynchops SCHNEIDER, Hist. Amphib., I, p. 246 (based on Russell, Ind. Serp., I, pi. xvn; ..."

4. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"rynchops nigra cinerascens HELLMAYR, Abh. KB Akad. Wiss., ii Kl., xxii. ... [rynchops] melanurus SWAINSON, Classif. Birds, ii, 1837, 373 (founded on Anim. ..."

5. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1891)
"rynchops.—Superior osseous mandible, much compressed in a lateral ... rynchops.—Supraorbital glandular depressions far separated in the frontal region. ..."

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