English Explanatory Dictionary

cliff swallow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various birds in the genus Petrochelidon that nest in cliffs.
  2. Synonym of American cliff swallow (“Petrochelidon pyrrhonota”).

Word forms

cliff swallow cliff swallows

Etymology

Compound of cliff + swallow.

Synonyms

American cliff swallow

Translations

Dutch: klifzwaluw Finnish: keijupääsky Plautdietsch: Brigjeschwaulm
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