plautus

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of Alcidae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	dovekie, little auk, plautus alle,
definition	:	small short-billed auk abundant in Arctic regions (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	alcidae, family alcidae,
definition	:	web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. (noun.animal)

2. comic dramatist of ancient Rome (253?-184 BC) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	dramatist, playwright,
definition	:	someone who writes plays (noun.person)