wood-swallow

[ woo d-swol-oh ]
/ ˈwʊdˌswɒl oʊ /

noun

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

Words nearby wood-swallow

wood's lamp, wood's light, wood's metal, wood, woods, wood-and-water joey, wood-swallow, wood-wool, woodbin, woodbine, woodblock, woodborer
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Example sentences from the Web for 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
/ (ˈwʊdˌswɒləʊ) /

noun

any of several insectivorous birds of the genus Artamus of Australia
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