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Noun: cliff swallow  klif swó-low
  1. North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls
    "Hundreds of cliff swallows nested under the bridge";
    - Hirundo pyrrhonota

Derived forms: cliff swallows

Type of: swallow

Part of: genus Hirundo, Hirundo

Encyclopedia: Cliff swallow