woodswallow

English

Etymology

wood +‎ swallow

Noun

woodswallow (plural woodswallows)

  1. Any of the Artamidae, a family of soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds.

Derived terms

  • ashy woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
  • Bismarck woodswallow (Artamus insignis)
  • black-faced woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
  • dusky woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus)
  • Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)
  • giant woodswallow, great woodswallow, greater woodswallow (Artamus maximus))
  • ivory-backed woodswallow (Artamus monachus)
  • little woodswallow (Artamus minor)
  • masked woodswallow (Artamus personatus)
  • New Guinea woodswallow (Artamus maximus)
  • white-backed woodswallow (Artamus insignis)
  • white-breasted woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
  • white-browed woodswallow (Artamus superciliosus)

References

  • “woodswallow”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • woodswallow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Artamidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Category:Artamidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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