ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈram(p)fəs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hemi- (I) + -ramphus (irregular from Greek rhamphos crooked beak, beak)
: 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