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rype

rype noun: a bird, the ptarmigan. Also the obsolete spelling of ripe.

Noun

rype (plural rypes)

  1. A bird, the ptarmigan.
    • The rypes and our red grouse are identically the same bird, though disease has never been known in the former, and even interbreeding with the red grouse, to the limited extent they are ever likely to do, should do more good than harm.1909, Knowledge and Illustrated Scientific News, volume 32, page 426

Also used as

rype is also the obsolete spelling of ripe.

Forms of rype

pluralrypes

Origin of rype

Borrowed from Danish rype.

Questions about rype

What does rype mean?
Rype means a bird, the ptarmigan.
What part of speech is rype?
Rype is a noun.
What is the plural of rype?
The plural of rype is rypes.

Words near rype in the dictionary

  1. ryots
  2. ryotwar
  3. ryotwari
  4. ryotwarri
  5. ryotwarry
  6. rype
  7. rypeck
  8. rypecks
  9. rypes
  10. Rypien
  11. rypophagous

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