Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of various birds in the genus Petrochelidon that nest in cliffs.

  2. Any of various birds in the genus Petrochelidon that nest in cliffs.

    Synonym of American cliff swallow (“Petrochelidon pyrrhonota”).

More definitions
  • North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls

Origin

Compound of cliff + swallow.

Compound of cliff + swallow.

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Forms

plural: cliff swallows
Singularcliff swallow
Pluralcliff swallows

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls:Hirundo pyrrhonota

See also

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