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PLAUTUS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Alcidae

Synonyms:

genus Plautus; Plautus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC)

Synonyms:

Plautus; Titus Maccius Plautus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

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