RYNCHOPIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers

Synonyms:

family Rynchopidae; Rynchopidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Rynchopidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Rynchopidae"):

genus Rynchops; Rynchops (type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers)

Holonyms ("Rynchopidae" is a member of...):

Lari; suborder Lari (gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers)