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GENUS HIRUNDO

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Hirundinidaeplay

Synonyms:

genus Hirundo; Hirundo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Hirundo" is a member of...):

family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)

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