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HIRUNDO NIGRICANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hirundo nigricans mean? 

HIRUNDO NIGRICANS (noun)
  The noun HIRUNDO NIGRICANS has 1 sense:

1. of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavitiesplay

  Familiarity information: HIRUNDO NIGRICANS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIRUNDO NIGRICANS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of Australia and Polynesia; nests in tree cavities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hirundo nigricans; tree martin; tree swallow

Hypernyms ("Hirundo nigricans" is a kind of...):

swallow (small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations)

Holonyms ("Hirundo nigricans" is a member of...):

genus Hirundo; Hirundo (type genus of the Hirundinidae)


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