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PLAUTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Plautus mean?
• PLAUTUS (noun)
The noun PLAUTUS has 2 senses:
1. comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)
Familiarity information: PLAUTUS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Plautus; Titus Maccius Plautus
Instance hypernyms:
dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A genus of Alcidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Plautus; Plautus
Hypernyms ("Plautus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Plautus"):
dovekie; little auk; Plautus alle (small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions)
Holonyms ("Plautus" is a member of...):
Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)
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