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rypes

rypes is the plural of rype.

Meaning of rype

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

Questions about rypes

What is rypes the plural of?
Rypes is the plural of rype.

Words near rypes in the dictionary

  1. ryotwarri
  2. ryotwarry
  3. rype
  4. rypeck
  5. rypecks
  6. rypes
  7. Rypien
  8. rypophagous
  9. RYR
  10. Ryrie
  11. Ryries

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