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Definition of Genus Rynchops
1. Noun. Type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Rynchopidae, Rynchopidae
Member holonyms: Skimmer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Rynchops
Literary usage of Genus 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)
"... about four species, of which two are American, the others inhabiting the seas
and estuaries of Africa and India, respectively. Genus RYNCHOPS Linnaeus. ..."
2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"genus Rynchops 80. Rynchops nigra Linn. BLACK SKIMMER. Bill with lower mandible
much longer than the upper, both mandibles like knife-blades; basal half of ..."
3. Bulletin by United States National Museum (1919)
"... about four species, of which two are American, the others inhabiting the seas
and estuaries of Africa and India, respectively. Genus RYNCHOPS Linnaeus. ..."
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