cliff swallow
any of several North American birds of the genus Hirundo, especially H. pyrrhonota, that live colonially and build bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls.
Origin of cliff swallow
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How to use cliff swallow in a sentence
Most of the monsoon broods of the Indian cliff-swallow emerge from the eggs in August.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India | Douglas DewarThe eggs of the barn swallow and cliff swallow are more or less speckled.
Riverby | John BurroughsThe cliff-swallow, strange emigrant, that eastward takes his way, has come and gone again in my time.
My Garden Acquaintance | James Russell LowellMuch the same pattern of weight increase was noted by Stoner in the cliff swallow.
The Postnatal Development of Two Broods of Great Horned Owls | Donald F. HoffmeisterTemperature and growth studies of the Northern cliff swallow.
The Postnatal Development of Two Broods of Great Horned Owls | Donald F. Hoffmeister
British Dictionary definitions for cliff swallow
an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
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