HyperDic: cliff_swallow

English > 1 sense of the expression cliff swallow:
NOUNanimalcliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonotaNorth American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls / walls
English > cliff swallow: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningNorth American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls / walls.
SynonymHirundo pyrrhonota
Member ofHirundo, genus Hirundotype genus of the Hirundinidae
Broaderswallowsmall long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
Spanishgolondrina risquera, Hirundo pyrrhonota

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