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wood-swallow

[woo d-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.
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Origin of wood-swallow

First recorded in 1850–55
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Historical Examples of woodswallow

  • To me, the discovery of a woodman in the wadi were as pleasing as the discovery of a woodchuck or a woodswallow or a woodbine.

    The Book of Khalid

    Ameen Rihani

British Dictionary definitions for woodswallow

woodswallow

noun
  1. any of several insectivorous birds of the genus Artamus of Australia
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