WOOD SWALLOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood swallow mean? 

• WOOD SWALLOW (noun)
  The noun WOOD SWALLOW has 1 sense:

1. Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow

  Familiarity information: WOOD SWALLOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOOD SWALLOW (noun)

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Meaning:

Australasian and Asiatic bird related to the shrikes and resembling a swallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

swallow shrike; wood swallow

Hypernyms ("wood swallow" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Holonyms ("wood swallow" is a member of...):

Artamus; genus Artamus (type genus of the Artamidae)