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RIPARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Riparia mean?
• RIPARIA (noun)
The noun RIPARIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Hirundinidae
Familiarity information: RIPARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Hirundinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Riparia; Riparia
Hypernyms ("Riparia" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Riparia"):
bank martin; bank swallow; Riparia riparia; sand martin (swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks)
Holonyms ("Riparia" is a member of...):
family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)
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