"cliff swallow" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cliff swallows [plural]
Etymology: Compound of cliff + swallow. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|cliff|swallow|pos=noun}} Compound of cliff + swallow Head templates: {{en-noun}} cliff swallow (plural cliff swallows)
  1. Any of various birds in the genus Petrochelidon that nest in cliffs.
    Sense id: en-cliff_swallow-en-noun-GQmVLu5U
  2. Any of various birds in the genus Petrochelidon that nest in cliffs.
    (in particular) Synonym of American cliff swallow (“Petrochelidon pyrrhonota”)
    Synonyms: American cliff swallow [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cliff_swallow-en-noun-rsSXtP0o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Swallows Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Swallows: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (any Petrochelidon nesting in cliffs): klifzwaluw [feminine] (Dutch), keijupääsky (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'any Petrochelidon nesting in cliffs': 49 51

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