A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

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A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Hirundo,-inis (s.f.III), abl.sg. hirundine: a swallow (bird); also a flying fish, the ‘sea-swallow;’ = Gk. chelidOn (Pseudochelidoninae, the ‘river martins’ of the genus Pseudochelidon) “false swallow.”

NOTE: not hirudo,-inis (s.f.III), q.v., a leech.

Family Hirundinidae (Hirundin- + -idea), a family of passerine birds; subfamily Hirundininae (Hirundin- + -inae).

Bulbophyllum hirundinis (Orchidaceaae); Cirrhopetalum hirundinis

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