A bird of the genus Hirundo, esp. H. rustica, a well-known migratory bird with long pointed wings and forked tail, having a swift curving flight…
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Hirundo > hirundo rustica (swallow) (9) swallowa700 A bird of the genus Hirundo, esp. H. rustica, a well-known migratory bird with long pointed wings and forked tail, having a swift curving flight… Prognea1425 poetic. (A name for) the swallow (frequently treated poetically as a variety of songbird). Cf. Philomel, n. house swallow1572 the barn swallow, Hirundo rustica (family Hirundinidae) with dark blue upperparts, reddish throat, and distinctive long, deeply forked tail… hirondelle?1590 A swallow. chimney-swallow1775 (a) the common swallow, Hirundo rustica; (b) = chimney-swift n. a species of swift, Chætura pelagica. barn-swallow1851 the common house-swallow. Subcategories:— young (2) — day of arrival (1) |
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