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Definition of Family Hirundinidae
1. Noun. Swallows and martins.
Exact synonyms: Hirundinidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Genus Hirundo, Hirundo, Genus Iridoprocne, Iridoprocne, Delichon, Genus Delichon, Genus Riparia, Riparia, Genus Progne, Progne
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Genus Hirundo, Hirundo, Genus Iridoprocne, Iridoprocne, Delichon, Genus Delichon, Genus Riparia, Riparia, Genus Progne, Progne
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Hirundinidae
Literary usage of Family Hirundinidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1917)
"family Hirundinidae : Swallows. Page 125. 5 Species. Birds of the air in the
fullest sense. "Bill flat, broad, triangular." Mouth opening to below the eyes; ..."
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