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Hirundo

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Hi`run´do
n.1.(Zool.) A genus of birds including the swallows and martins.
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Noun1.Hirundo - type genus of the HirundinidaeHirundo - type genus of the Hirundinidae      
genus Hirundo
bird genus - a genus of birds
family Hirundinidae, Hirundinidae - swallows and martins
barn swallow, Hirundo rustica, chimney swallow - 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
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The species with most counts in Cyprus were Spanish Sparrows Passer hispaniolensis with 1,230 counted, second came the Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica with 700 counted and third were House Sparrows Passer domesticus with 381 counted.
Cyprus in brief October 7 by Cyprus Mail (Cyprus)
Based on the systematic descriptions and biostratigraphic analysis, the Tetragraptus phyllograptoides and Expansograptus hirundo biozones of Baltoscandia were established (Tolmacheva et al.
Advances in the Ordovician graptolite biostratigraphy of the St ... by Suyarkova, Anna A.; Koren, Tatyana N. / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
That positive pool was obtained from the center of the village of Viladecans, where different common migratory and sedentary birds such as Passer domesticus, Hirundo rustica, or Delichon urbica feed and nest.
Usutu Virus Sequences in Culex pipiens (Diptera: culicidae), Spain by Busquets, Nuria; Alba, Anna; Allepuz, Alberto; Aranda, Carles; Nunez, Jose Ignacio / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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