单词 | cliff swallow |
释义 | cliff swallow (once / 193760 pages) n WORD FAMILY cliff swallow: cliff swallows USAGE EXAMPLESFour birds have been elusive: the hairy woodpecker, bank swallow, cliff swallow and northern rough-winged swallow. Washington Times(Mar 19, 2016) Canada geese, cliff swallows, a snowy egret, cedar waxwings, mallards, ruddy ducks, coots, black phoebes and grackles swoop and splash with abandon. Los Angeles Times(Apr 30, 2015) First, some cheerful news from the Future of Western Civilization Department: Cliff swallows in the Great Plains are evolving to have shorter wings. New York Times(Sep 22, 2014) n North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls Syn|Hyper Hirundo pyrrhonota swallow small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations |
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