FAMILY ARTAMIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Wood swallows

Synonyms:

Artamidae; family Artamidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Artamidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "family Artamidae"):

Artamus; genus Artamus (type genus of the Artamidae)

Holonyms ("family Artamidae" is a member of...):

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)