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Rynchops

noun
Ryn·​chops | \ ˈriŋˌkäps\

Definition of Rynchops

: a genus of birds consisting of the skimmers and constituting a family of the order Charadriiformes

History and Etymology for Rynchops

New Latin, irregular from rhynch- + -ops

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