Definition of Hirundo rustica

1. Noun. Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc..

Exact synonyms: Barn Swallow, Chimney Swallow
Generic synonyms: Swallow
Group relationships: Genus Hirundo, Hirundo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirundo Rustica

Hirsch-Peiffer stain
Hirschberg
Hirschberg's method
Hirschfeld
Hirschfeld's canals
Hirschhorn
Hirschman
Hirschowitz syndrome
Hirschsprung
Hirudinidae
Hirudo medicinalis
Hirundinidae
Hirundo nigricans
Hirundo pyrrhonota
Hirundo rustica (current term)
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His' band
His' copula
His' line
His' perivascular space
His' spindle
His-Tawara system
His Holiness
His Honor
His Imperial Majesty
His Maj
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His Royal Highness

Literary usage of Hirundo rustica

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

1. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1814)
"LATEST APPEARANCE IN 1809- - Hirundo rustica, October 3 ; a straggler on the nth. ... Hirundo rustica. A straggling swallow, said to have been seen ir the ..."

2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1827)
"Facts in regard to the Hybernation of the Chimney Swallow, (Hirundo rustica). By the Reverend COLIN SMITH of In- ..."

3. The History of the County of Derby by Stephen Glover (1829)
"1826, April 9, three or four some species of swallow f April 13 (Hirundo rustica) several swallows seen. seen, day stormy, wind south or south-west. Nov. ..."

4. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"(Hirundo rustica.) " From the low-roord cottage ridge, See the chattering Swallow spring ; Darting through the one-arch'd bridge, Quick she dips her dappled ..."

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