wood-swallow

[ wood-swol-oh ]

noun

1. any of several slate-colored songbirds of the family Artamidae, of southeastern Asia, Australia, and New Guinea, having long, pointed wings and noted for their swift, soaring flight.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wood-swallow¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

This wood-swallow is the only Micronesian representative of Artamus leucorhynchus.

From Project Gutenberg

Fourteen of the 17 members of the Wood-Swallow family are confined to the Australian region.

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The Sordid Wood-Swallow is partly migratory, and lives in small companies.

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