swallow-shriken. a bird of the genus Artamus or family Artamidæ, found in India and Australia.
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1887 Newton in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 730/2 The Indian and Australian Artamus (the species of which genus are often known as Wood-Swallows, or Swallow-Shrikes).