wood-swallow

[ wood-swol-oh ]

noun
  1. any of several slate-colored songbirds of the family Artamidae, of southeastern Asia, Australia, and New Guinea, having long, pointed wings and noted for their swift, soaring flight.

Origin of wood-swallow

1
First recorded in 1850–55

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British Dictionary definitions for woodswallow

woodswallow

/ (ˈwʊdˌswɒləʊ) /


noun
  1. any of several insectivorous birds of the genus Artamus of Australia

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