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

an American swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, that has a square-tipped tail and builds nests of mud on cliffs, walls, etc

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Most of the monsoon broods of the Indian cliff-swallow emerge from the eggs in August.

The eggs of the barn swallow and cliff swallow are more or less speckled.

The cliff-swallow, strange emigrant, that eastward takes his way, has come and gone again in my time.

Much the same pattern of weight increase was noted by Stoner in the Cliff Swallow.

Temperature and growth studies of the Northern Cliff Swallow.

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