Definition of Apus apus

1. Noun. Common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs.

Exact synonyms: European Swift
Generic synonyms: Swift
Group relationships: Apus, Genus Apus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apus Apus

April gentlemen
April showers bring May flowers
Aprill
Aprilly
Aprils
Apsu
Apt test
Aptenodytes
Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes patagonica
Apterygidae
Apterygiformes
Apuleius
Apulia
Apulian
Apus apus (current term)
Aqaba
Aqua-Lung
Aquarian
Aquarians
Aquarius
Aquarius the Water Bearer
Aquariuses
Aquaspirillum
Aquifoliaceae
Aquila
Aquila chrysaetos
Aquila degli Abruzzi
Aquila rapax
Aquilegia canadensis

Literary usage of Apus apus

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Migration of the Swift (Apus apus). By AEH Swaen. Condition of the Cormorant Colonies in Holland. By GJ Van Oordt. Communication on the Breeding Birds of ..."

2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1902)
"... and of our Swift a subspecies Apus apus apus. The sixth chapter contains an enumeration of the 27 birds of the Los Islands, on the west coast of Africa, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... and another Apus apus, the bird, which would nearly nullify the idea of zoological nomenclature, viz. : to have a different name for each different ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"... the Corstorphine lake-deposit are those of the northern Apus. Apus cancri- • formis, on the other hand, has apparently a more southern distribution, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1894)
"... still more the supposition that the fragments from the Corstorphine lake-deposit are those of the northern Apus. Apus cancri- formis, on the other hand, ..."

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