Definition of Barn swallow. Meaning of Barn swallow. Synonyms of Barn swallow

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Definition of Barn swallow

Barn swallow
Barn Barn, n. [OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, [ae]rn, a close place. ?92. See Barley.] A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. Barn owl (Zo["o]l.), an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings. Barn swallow (Zo["o]l.), the common American swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns.

Meaning of Barn swallow from wikipedia

- The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in...
- ****ual adornment, since the tail is frequently longer in males. In barn swallows, the tail of the male is 18% longer than those of the female, and females...
- Hirundo nigrorufa Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica (range extends beyond Africa, this is also the European swallow) Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii smithii...
- It differs from the barn swallow and the closely related welcome swallow in its shorter and less forked tail. The Tahiti swallow builds a neat cup-shaped...
- widespread Palaeoarctic swallows such as the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), sand martin (Riparia riparia) or red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica). In...
- considered a subspecies of the closely resembling barn swallow. However, the adult red-chested swallow differs in being slightly smaller than its migratory...
- its family, starting towards the end of March, just in advance of the barn swallow. In northern Ohio, they arrive in numbers by mid-April, about 10 days...
- swallows are similar in body plumage colouring to the related barn swallow species but lack the characteristic fork-shaped tail of the barn swallow prominent...
- Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus name is Latin for a swallow. These are the typical swallows, including the widespread barn swallow. Many of...
- the related swallows and the unrelated swifts (order Apodiformes). They have blue upperparts and dusky underparts. They resemble barn swallows, but are darker...