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GENUS ORTHOTOMUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tailorbirds

Synonyms:

genus Orthotomus; Orthotomus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Orthotomus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Orthotomus"):

Orthotomus sutorius; tailorbird (tropical Asian warbler that stitches leaves together to form and conceal its nest)

Holonyms ("genus 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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