family rynchopidae

English Thesaurus

1. coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus rynchops, rynchops,
definition	:	type genus of the Rynchopidae: skimmers (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	lari, suborder lari,
definition	:	gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers (noun.animal)