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cliff swallow (encz) | cliff swallow, n: |
Cliff swallow (gcide) | Cliff \Cliff\ (kl[i^]f), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif,
D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa;
perh. orig. a climbing place. See Climb.]
A high, steep rock; a precipice.
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Cliff swallow (Zool.), a North American swallow
(Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against
cliffs; the eaves swallow.
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cliff swallow (wn) | cliff swallow
n 1: North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds
bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls [syn: {cliff
swallow}, Hirundo pyrrhonota] |
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Cliff swallow (gcide) | Cliff \Cliff\ (kl[i^]f), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif,
D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa;
perh. orig. a climbing place. See Climb.]
A high, steep rock; a precipice.
[1913 Webster]
Cliff swallow (Zool.), a North American swallow
(Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against
cliffs; the eaves swallow.
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