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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Progne

/(prŏg"nē̇)/ · Prog·ne · IPA

01 n. A swallow.

[L., a swallow, traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. Pro`knh.]

1.
A swallow.(Zool.)

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