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cliff swallow
noun
- any of several North American birds of the genus Hirundo, especially H. pyrrhonota, that live colonially and build bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls.
cliff swallow
noun
- an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of cliff swallow1
Example Sentences
The mouth of the cave is “guarded” by the nests of cliff swallows, who dart above the river collecting insects to feed their young.
The wings of cliff swallows are becoming shorter, enabling them to avoid being killed by cars.
Work on state bridges can’t start once nesting season begins for cliff swallows, a protected species that frequently makes its home on the underside of bridges.
As an example, she said work on state bridges can’t start once nesting season begins for cliff swallows, a protected species that frequently makes its home on the underside of bridges.
Researchers in the US found that the wingspan of American cliff swallows, which took up the habit of colonising concrete highway bridges in the 1980s, had decreased by about two millimetres a decade since then.
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