Hemiramphus

noun Hemi·ram·phus

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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