progne Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a genus of Hirundinidae
    genus Progne.

WordNet

Prog"ne noun
Etymology
L., a swallow, traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) A swallow. (b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin. (c) An American butterfly (Polygonia, ∨ Vanessa, Progne). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath, with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called also gray comma.

Webster 1913