"American cliff swallow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: American cliff swallows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} American cliff swallow (plural American cliff swallows)
  1. Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae. Categories (lifeform): Swallows Translations (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota): Amerikaanse klifzwaluw [feminine] (Dutch), amerikanpääsky (Finnish), hirondelle à front blanc [feminine] (French), Fahlstirnschwalbe [feminine] (German), jaskółka rdzawoszyja [feminine] (Polish), andorinha-de-dorso-acanelado [feminine] (Portuguese), белоло́бая го́рная ла́сточка (belolóbaja górnaja lástočka) [feminine] (Russian), белоло́бая ла́сточка (belolóbaja lástočka) [feminine] (Russian), stensvala [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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