rhynchopinæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. rhynchops, gen it, rhynchop ( is ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Ornith.: Skimmers, Sci or-bills; a sub family of Laride, with a single genus, Rhynchops (q. v.). rhyn-chops, s. [Pref. rhynch-, and Gr. ops =the face.] Ornith.: Skimmer, Sci or-bill; the sole genus of the sub-family Rhynchopinæ, with three species one from America, one from India, and the third sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. rhynchorhinus from the Nile and the Red Sea. They differ from the Sternine (q. v.) in having the bill long and thin; the mandibles very narrow and compre ed, the lower one being longer than the upper.