Definition of Hemiramphus
:a widely distributed genus of halfbeaks now usually made the type of a separate family (Hemirhamphidae) but sometimes especially formerly included in the family Exocoetidae
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Origin and Etymology of hemiramphus
New Latin, from 1hemi- + -ramphus (irregular from Greek rhamphos crooked beak, beak)
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