GENUS ORTHOTOMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Orthotomus mean? 

• GENUS ORTHOTOMUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ORTHOTOMUS has 1 sense:

1. tailorbirds

  Familiarity information: GENUS ORTHOTOMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ORTHOTOMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tailorbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Orthotomus; Orthotomus

Hypernyms ("genus Orthotomus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Orthotomus"):

Orthotomus sutorius; tailorbird (tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest)

Holonyms ("genus Orthotomus" is a member of...):

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)