ARTAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Artamus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Artamidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Artamidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Artamus; genus Artamus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Artamus"):

swallow shrike; wood swallow (Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow)

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

Artamidae; family Artamidae (wood swallows)