| 单词 | mud swallow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmud swallow mud swallow n. any of several birds of the swallow family that build nests of mud; esp. (U.S.) the American cliff swallow, Hirundo pyrrhonota. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Hirundinidae > genus Petrochelidan > species Pyrrhonota (cliff swallow) republican swallow1824 mud swallow1868 cliff swallow1870 mud-dauber1899 1868 Putnam's Mag. Nov. 562/2 He..found, in the doves about the barn, the mud-swallows' nests under the eaves,..such suggestions of peace, and home-like hospitality. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 42 Those curious mud-swallow nests of little villages. 1917 T. G. Pearson Birds Amer. III. 84 Cliff Swallow... Barn Swallow; Mud Swallow; Republican Swallow. 1953 S. G. Jewett et al. Birds Washington State 449 Oregon Cliff Swallow, other names..Mud swallow. < as lemmas |
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