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HIRUNDO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hirundo mean?
• HIRUNDO (noun)
The noun HIRUNDO has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Hirundinidae
Familiarity information: HIRUNDO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Hirundinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hirundo; Hirundo
Hypernyms ("Hirundo" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Hirundo"):
barn swallow; chimney swallow; Hirundo rustica (common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc.)
cliff swallow; Hirundo pyrrhonota (North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls)
Hirundo nigricans; tree martin; tree swallow (of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities)
Holonyms ("Hirundo" is a member of...):
family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)
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