- The
genus name
Ramphocaenus means "unusual beak", from the
Ancient Gr****
rhamphos (ῥάµϕος, "beak") and cænos (καινός, "strange"). The
specific epithet combines...
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Rhampholeon (from Gr****: ῥάμφος
rhamphos, 'bird's bill' and Gr****: λέον leōn, 'lion') is a
genus of
small chameleons,
commonly known as
pygmy chameleons...
- name
Synthliboramphus is from
Ancient Gr**** sunthlibo, "to compress", and
rhamphos, "bill". The
English name "Murrelet" is a
diminutive of "murre", a word...
- The
genus name
combines the
Ancient Gr****
kuanos meaning "dark-blue" and
rhamphos meaning "bill". The type
species was
designated by
English zoologist George...
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North Pacific.
Brachyramphus is from
Ancient Gr**** brakhus, "short", and
rhamphos, "bill". In
English the
species are
named as "murrelets"; this is a diminutive...
- family's type genus. The name
comes from the Gr**** hemi,
meaning half, and
rhamphos,
meaning beak or bill.
There are
currently eight genera (including 60 species)...
- The
genus name
Brachyramphus is from
Ancient Gr**** brakhus, "short", and
rhamphos, "bill". The
species name
perdix is
Latin for "partridge"
Pallas described...
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Rhamphorhynchus (/ˌræmfəˈrɪŋkəs/, from
Ancient Gr****
rhamphos meaning "beak" and
rhynchus meaning "snout") is a
genus of long-tailed
pterosaurs in the...
-
specific epithet is
derived from the
Ancient Gr****
words melano- 'black' and
rhamphos 'beak'. It is
placed in the
family known as the mud-nest
builders or Corcoracidae...
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Rhamphinion (meaning "beak nape"; Gr****
rhamphos, "beak" is a
common part of "rhamphorhynchoid" names, and the
remains of this
animal came from the rear...
