Rhamphocelus, ram-fō-cē′lus, n. a remarkable genus of tanagers, native to South America.
Rhamphodon, ram′fō-don, n. the saw-billed humming-bird. [Gr. rhamphos, a curved beak, odous, a tooth.]
Rhamphoid, ram′foid, adj. beak-shaped.
Rhampholeon, ram-fō′lē-on, n. a genus of chameleons. [Gr. rhamphos, a curved beak, leōn, lion.]
Rhamphomicron, ram-fō-mik′ron, n. a genus of humming-birds. [Gr. rhamphos, a beak, mikros, little.]
Rhamphorhynchus, ram-fō-ring′kus, n. a genus of pterodactyls. [Gr. rhamphos, a curved beak, rhyngchos, a beak.]
Rhamphotheca, ram-fō-thē′ka, n. (ornith.) the integument of the whole beak. [Gr. rhamphos, a curved beak, thēkē, a sheath.]
Rhapidophyllum, ra-pi-dō-fil′um, n. a genus of palms—the blue palmetto of Florida.—n. Rhā′pis, a genus of Chinese palms. [Gr. rhapis, rod, phyllon, leaf.]
Rhapontic, rā-pon′tik, n. rhubarb. [L., 'Pontic rha.']
Rhapsodic, -al, rap-sod′ik, -al, adj. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling rhapsody: gushing.—adv. Rhapsod′ically.—v.t. and v.i. Rhap′sodise, to write or utter rhapsodies: to express with poetic feeling:—pr.p. rhap′sodīsing; pa.p. rhap′sodīsed.—n. Rhap′sodist, one who recites or sings rhapsodies, esp. one of a class of men in ancient Greece who travelled from place to place reciting Homer and other epic poetry—also Rhap′sode: one who composes verses extempore: one who speaks or writes disjointedly.—adj. Rhapsodis′tic.—ns. Rhap′sodomancy, divination by means of verses; Rhap′sody, any wild unconnected composition: a part of an epic poem for recitation at one time: a jumble: (mus.) composition irregular in form. [Fr.,—L.,—Gr. rhapsōdia, rhaptein, to sew, ōdē, a song.]