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Definition of Apus apus
1. Noun. Common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apus Apus
Literary usage of Apus apus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Migration of the Swift (Apus apus). By AEH Swaen. Condition of the Cormorant
Colonies in Holland. By GJ Van Oordt. Communication on the Breeding Birds of ..."
2. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1902)
"... and of our Swift a subspecies Apus apus apus. The sixth chapter contains an
enumeration of the 27 birds of the Los Islands, on the west coast of Africa, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... and another Apus apus, the bird, which would nearly nullify the idea of
zoological nomenclature, viz. : to have a different name for each different ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1858)
"... the Corstorphine lake-deposit are those of the northern Apus. Apus cancri- •
formis, on the other hand, has apparently a more southern distribution, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1894)
"... still more the supposition that the fragments from the Corstorphine lake-deposit
are those of the northern Apus. Apus cancri- formis, on the other hand, ..."
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