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CLIFF SWALLOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cliff swallow mean?
• CLIFF SWALLOW (noun)
The noun CLIFF SWALLOW has 1 sense:
1. North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
Familiarity information: CLIFF SWALLOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
cliff swallow; Hirundo pyrrhonota
Hypernyms ("cliff swallow" is a kind of...):
swallow (small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations)
Holonyms ("cliff swallow" is a member of...):
genus Hirundo; Hirundo (type genus of the Hirundinidae)
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