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Noun: genus Progne
  1. A genus of Hirundinidae containing nine American swallows, the purple martin, the Caribbean martin, the Cuban martin, the Sinaloa martin, the grey-breasted martin, the Galapagos martin, the Peruvian martin, the Southern martin, and the brown-chested martin (Progne)
    - Progne

Type of: bird genus

Part of: family Hirundinidae, Hirundinidae