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ARTAMIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Artamidae mean?
• ARTAMIDAE (noun)
The noun ARTAMIDAE has 1 sense:
1. wood swallows
Familiarity information: ARTAMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wood swallows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Artamidae; family Artamidae
Hypernyms ("Artamidae" is a kind of...):
bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Meronyms (members of "Artamidae"):
Artamus; genus Artamus (type genus of the Artamidae)
Holonyms ("Artamidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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