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CLIFF SWALLOW
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
Synonyms:
cliff swallow; Hirundo pyrrhonota
Classified under:
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)