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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 Hirundinidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HIRUNDO (noun)


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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