Definition of Hirundo. Meaning of Hirundo. Synonyms of Hirundo

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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...
- the genus Psalidoprocne, the core martins, and the swallows of the genus Hirundo and their allies. The saw-wings are the most basal of the three, with the...
- Genus Hirundo open-cup nesting swallows: Ethiopian swallow, Hirundo aethiopica White-throated swallow, Hirundo albigularis Angola swallow, Hirundo angolensis...
- Bistolida hirundo is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Bistolida hirundo francisca (Schilder...
- Macroglossum hirundo is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from the Cook Islands, Fiji, the Society Islands, Australia (the Northern Territory...
- Leptomyrina hirundo, the tailed black-eye, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from South Africa to the coast of eastern Kenya and Malawi...
- Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist Erik Laxmann in 1769 as Hirundo daurica, using a specimen from Mount Schlangen, near Zmeinogorsk, Russia...
- The welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is a small p****erine bird in the swallow family. It is a species native to Australia and nearby islands, and self-introduced...