Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of swallows, typical of the family Hirundinidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the Hirundinidae
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Examples
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Dear Sir, -- The sand-martin, or bank-martin, is by much the least of any of the British hirundines, and as far as we have ever seen, the smallest known hirundo; though Brisson asserts that there is one much smaller, and that is the _hirundo esculenta_.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
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Other colonial birds are the Neotropic cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus, black-necked cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus, great egret Casmerodius albus, black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax and common tern Sterna hirundo.
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The park is a significant breeding site for harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus, blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata, common tern Sterna hirundo, and arctic tern S. paridisaea, a nesting site for bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephala, rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus and American tree sparrow Spizella arborea, and a stopover for migrating shore birds.
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Punta Rasa is an important feeding and resting spot for many migratory bird species including Calidris canutus, C. Fuscicollis, Limosa haemastica, Pluvialis dominica, Charadrius falklandicus, and gaviotines (Sterna hirundo).
Semi-arid Pampas 2008
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Peregrini sunt imbres in terra et fluvii in mari Jupiter apud Aegyptos, sol apud omnes; hospes anima in corpore, luscinia in aere, hirundo in domo, Ganymedes coelo, &c. 3861.
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= The use of the third person adds to the emotive power of the tricolon 'ager ... hirundo ...
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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At caret insidijs hominum, quia mitis hirundo est,
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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La hirundo flugis trans la riveron, cxar trans la rivero sin trovis
The Esperanto Teacher A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians Helen Fryer
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Nur la tendon de la regxo oni lasis tie, cxar la regxo diris ke gxi nun apartenas al la hirundo.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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La hirundo flugis ien, the swallow flew somewhere (in some direction).
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto Ivy Kellerman Reed 1922
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