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hirundine [hɪˈrʌndɪn -daɪn]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of or resembling a swallow

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) belonging to the bird family Hirundinidae, which includes swallows and martins

[from Late Latin hirundineus, from Latin hirundō a swallow]

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animal swallow			Migrant hirundines and swifts can often be found circling the thermals above this area, but the most common sight is the blue rock thrush. Coo in Son Bou A Birdwatcher?s Guide by Lorraine Waddell / Travel, recreation and leisure community Don Wilson watched hirundines and swifts over Crosby Marine Lake, and a wheatear, presumably a Greenland. John Dempsey on country matters ... country by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) While hirundines compensate for low temperatures or rain by feeding at lower elevation, they cannot switch to an alternative strategy. Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			Hires Hiri Motu hiring freeze hiring hall hiring-fair Hirohito Hiroshige Hiroshima hirple Hirschfeld Hirschsprung Hirschsprung's disease Hirst hirsute Hirsuteness hirsutism Hirtellous hirudin Hirudine Hirudinea hirudinean Hirudinidae Hirudo Hirudo medicinalis hirundine hirundines Hirundinidae Hirundo Hirundo nigricans Hirundo pyrrhonota Hirundo rustica his His holiness His lane his nibs His thanks Hisingerite Hispania Hispanic Hispanic American hispanicism Hispanicize Hispaniola Hispaniolan Hispanism Hispanist Hispano Hispano American Hispano- Hispano... Hispanophile			HIRT Hirt, Hermann Hirta Hirtellous Hirtius, Aulus HIRTS HIRU hirudicide hirudin hirudin Hirudin Variant 1 Hirudin Variant 3 Hirudin Variant-2 Hirudine Hirudinea Hirudinea Hirudinea Hirudinea hirudinean hirudiniasis Hirudinidae Hirudinidae Hirudo Hirudo Hirudo medicinalis Hirudo medicinalis Hirudo medicinalis Hirudotherapy Hirulog Hirundine hirundines Hirundinidae Hirundinidae Hirundinidae Hirundinidae Hirundo Hirundo ariel Hirundo lucida Hirundo lucida Hirundo nigricans Hirundo pyrrhonota Hirundo rustica Hirundo rustica Hirvatistan Hirvatistan HIRWG Hiryu Ken Twin Hiryu Ken Twin his his his his his his HIS (disambiguation) HIS (disambiguation) His All Holiness His Beatitude His Beatitude His Beatitude His Beloved Wife

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