TICHODROMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tichodroma mean? 

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

1. wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TICHODROMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tichodroma; Tichodroma

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Tichodroma"):

Tichodroma muriaria; tichodrome; wall creeper (crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa)

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

Certhiidae; family Certhiidae (creepers)