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GENUS ARTAMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Artamus mean?
• GENUS ARTAMUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ARTAMUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Artamidae
Familiarity information: GENUS ARTAMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Artamidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Artamus; genus Artamus
Hypernyms ("genus Artamus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Artamus"):
swallow shrike; wood swallow (Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow)
Holonyms ("genus Artamus" is a member of...):
Artamidae; family Artamidae (wood swallows)
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