Definition of Genus Rynchops

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Rynchops

genus Rosellinia
genus Rosmarinus
genus Roystonea
genus Rubia
genus Rubus
genus Rudbeckia
genus Rumex
genus Rumohra
genus Rupicapra
genus Rupicola
genus Ruptiliocarpon
genus Ruscus
genus Russula
genus Ruta
genus Rutilus
genus Rynchops (current term)
genus Rypticus
genus Sabal
genus Sabbatia
genus Sabinea
genus Saccharomyces
genus Saccharum
genus Sadleria
genus Sagina
genus Sagitta
genus Sagittaria
genus Sagittarius
genus Saiga
genus Saimiri
genus Saintpaulia

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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