Simorhynchus

See also: simorhynchus

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “snout”).

Proper noun

Simorhynchus m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Alcidae – the snubnosed auklets, now in the genus Aethia.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Simorhynchus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.