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Definition of Hirundo rustica
1. Noun. Common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc..
Generic synonyms: Swallow
Group relationships: Genus Hirundo, Hirundo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirundo Rustica
Literary usage of Hirundo rustica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1814)
"LATEST APPEARANCE IN 1809- - hirundo rustica, October 3 ; a straggler on the nth.
... hirundo rustica. A straggling swallow, said to have been seen ir the ..."
2. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1827)
"Facts in regard to the Hybernation of the Chimney Swallow, (hirundo rustica).
By the Reverend COLIN SMITH of In- ..."
3. The History of the County of Derby by Stephen Glover (1829)
"1826, April 9, three or four some species of swallow f April 13 (hirundo rustica)
several swallows seen. seen, day stormy, wind south or south-west. Nov. ..."
4. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"(hirundo rustica.) " From the low-roord cottage ridge, See the chattering Swallow
spring ; Darting through the one-arch'd bridge, Quick she dips her dappled ..."
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