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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 wallsplay

  Familiarity information: CLIFF SWALLOW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLIFF SWALLOW (noun)


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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