cliff swallow
nounDefinition of cliff swallow
: a colonial swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) of the New World with a pale buff rump and dark throat patch that builds mud nests resembling jugs especially under eaves and on cliffs
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At Gooseberry Neck, there were 84 black scoters, three ruddy turnstones, three roseate terns, a great shearwater, a Northern gannet, two cliff swallows, and two orchard orioles. — BostonGlobe.com, "Bird sightings across the region," 30 June 2019 Our place on the Maclaren River has a substantial colony of cliff swallows under the Maclaren bridge. — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, "Instead of zapping Alaska’s mosquitoes, build a birdhouse," 6 June 2019 The four common ones are tree swallows, violet-green swallows, cliff swallows and bank swallows. — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, "Instead of zapping Alaska’s mosquitoes, build a birdhouse," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cliff swallow.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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