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Definition of Hirundo

Hirundo
Hirundo Hi*run"do, n. [L., swallow.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.

Meaning of Hirundo from wikipedia

- The bird genus Hirundo is a group of p****erines in the family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus name is Latin for a swallow. These are the...
- The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in...
- The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a cir****polar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate...
- Genus Hirundo open-cup nesting swallows: Ethiopian swallow, Hirundo aethiopica White-throated swallow, Hirundo albigularis Angola swallow, Hirundo angolensis...
- distinctive appearance. The term "swallow" is used as the common name for Hirundo rustica in the UK and Ireland. Around 90 species of Hirundinidae are known...
- Hirundo Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge covering 2,402 acres (972 ha) along Pushaw and Dead streams in Old Town, in Penobscot County, Maine. The...
- Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist Erik Laxmann as Hirundo daurica, using a specimen from Mount Schlangen, near Zmeinogorsk, Russia...
- Pteria hirundo is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Pteriidae. The species is found in Europe, Africa and the Americas. Right and left valve...
- Bistolida hirundo is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder...
- manatus Birds brown pelican Pelec**** occidentalis common tern Sterna hirundo great egret Ardea alba green heron Butorides virescens yellow-crowned night...