ARAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aramus mean? 

• ARAMUS (noun)
  The noun ARAMUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan; limpkin

  Familiarity information: ARAMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the western hemisphere: courlan; limpkin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aramus; genus Aramus

Hypernyms ("Aramus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Holonyms ("Aramus" is a member of...):

Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)