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