Hemiramphus

noun

Hemi·​ram·​phus

: 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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hemi- entry 1 + -ramphus (irregular from Greek rhamphos crooked beak, beak)

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