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Definition of Rynchopidae
1. Noun. Coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers.
Exact synonyms: Family Rynchopidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Lari, Suborder Lari
Member holonyms: Genus Rynchops, Rynchops
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Lari, Suborder Lari
Member holonyms: Genus Rynchops, Rynchops
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rynchopidae
Literary usage of Rynchopidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Rynchopidae, Skimmers (not found in Michigan). Order III. TUBIN ARES, Tube-nosed
Swimmers (not found in Michigan). Family 7. Diomedeidae, Albatrosses (not ..."
2. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"The Rynchopidae are perhaps most nearly allied to the Sternidae but differ—not
only from the latter but from all other birds—in the altogether peculiar ..."
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