Definition of Artamidae

1. Noun. Wood swallows.

Exact synonyms: Family Artamidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Artamus, Genus Artamus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Artamidae

Arrhenius equation
Arrhenius equations
Arrhenius law
Arrhenius plot
Arrhenius theory of dissociation
Arron
Arruga
Arruga's forceps
Arsis
Art
Art Deco
Art Nouveau
Art Tatum
Arta
Artamidae (current term)
Artamus
Artaxerxes
Artaxerxes I
Artaxerxes II
Artemia salina
Artemia trypsin-like proteinase
Artemidean
Artemis
Artemis pontica
Artemis spinescens
Artemisia abrotanum
Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia annua
Artemisia californica

Literary usage of Artamidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"Artamidae.—The " Wood-Swallows " constitute a group of very doubtful position, ranging from the Australian to the Indian Region and in one case ..."

2. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1890)
"Wings extremely long, reaching to the end of the tail Artamidae, p.. 6'. Wings moderate, not reaching to the end of the tail ..."

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