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单词 wood-swallow
释义

wood-swallow

[ wood-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.

Origin of wood-swallow

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby wood-swallow

wood spirit, Woods, Tiger, Woodstock, wood stork, wood sugar, wood-swallow, woodsy, wood tar, wood thrush, wood tick, woodtone
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Example sentences from the Web for wood-swallow

  • This wood-swallow is the only Micronesian representative of Artamus leucorhynchus.

    The Avifauna of Micronesia, Volume 3|Rollin H. Baker

  • Fourteen of the 17 members of the Wood-Swallow family are confined to the Australian region.

    An Australian Bird Book|John Albert Leach

British Dictionary definitions for wood-swallow

woodswallow
/ (ˈwʊdˌswɒləʊ) /

noun

any of several insectivorous birds of the genus Artamus of Australia
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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