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ORTHOTOMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orthotomus mean?
• ORTHOTOMUS (noun)
The noun ORTHOTOMUS has 1 sense:
1. tailorbirds
Familiarity information: ORTHOTOMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tailorbirds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Orthotomus; Orthotomus
Hypernyms ("Orthotomus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Orthotomus"):
Orthotomus sutorius; tailorbird (tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest)
Holonyms ("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)
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