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Definition of Hirundo
1. Noun. Type genus of the Hirundinidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Hirundinidae, Hirundinidae
Member holonyms: Barn Swallow, Chimney Swallow, Hirundo Rustica, Cliff Swallow, Hirundo Pyrrhonota, Hirundo Nigricans, Tree Martin, Tree Swallow
Definition of Hirundo
1. n. A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
Medical Definition of Hirundo
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirundo
Literary usage of Hirundo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"That from high mountains, hirundo metta, L.; Edw. 27; Vaill. ... (l) hirundo, Cuv.
The Swallows proper have the toes and sternum disposed like those of the ..."
2. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory by William Macgillivray (1852)
"Sterna hirundo. Temm. Man. d'Ornith II. 740. Common Tern. ... Sterna hirundo.
Bonap. Comp. List, 61. Bill about the length of the head, rather slender, ..."
3. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1814)
"hirundo rustica. Edward Forster, jun. to whom I am indebted for much ...
hirundo opus, the first week in May; not frequent for many day* afterwards. ..."
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