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Definition of Progne
1. Noun. A genus of Hirundinidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Hirundinidae, Hirundinidae
Member holonyms: Progne Subis, Purple Martin
Definition of Progne
1. n. A swallow.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Progne
Literary usage of Progne
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1885)
"Progne. FD Godman and O. Salvin, Esqrs. [P.]. Progne, Bote, Isis, 1826, p. ...
Tail and foot (to show connexion of toes) of Progne purpurea. ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"But Progne most of sorow made, Whiche sigh hir sister pale and fade, ... I'nto
Cupide and to Venus She praid, and said than thus : Whan Progne of ..."
3. The Venetian Republic: Its Rise, Its Growth, and Its Fall 421-1797 by William Carew Hazlitt (1900)
"... Padua in 1243—Dramatic performances by the Compagnia delia Calza—Official
notice as to Scriptural plays in 1509—Gregorio Corraro and his Progne—Poetical ..."
4. Elizabethan Translations from the Italian: The Titles of Such Works Now by Mary Augusta Scott (1895)
"Register B. Imogen, Cymbeline, n, 2, went to sleep reading " the tale of Tereus" [and
Progne], which is the second ..."
5. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Progne subis (Linn.). Purple Martin; Martin; Black Martin; House Martin; Cape
Cod Swallow. Plumage of adult male: glossy blue black. ..."
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