Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Progne"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Progne \Prog"ne\, n. [L., a swallow, traditionally said to be
fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a
swallow, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A swallow.
(b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See
{Martin}.
(c) An American butterfly ({Polygonia, or Vanessa, Progne}).
It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an
L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also {gray
comma}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Progne
n : a genus of Hirundinidae [syn: {Progne}, {genus Progne}]
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