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Meaning of American cliff swallow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae.

Equivalents

Deutsch Fahlstirnschwalbe
Suomi amerikanpääsky
Français hirondelle à front blanc
日本語 三色燕
한국어 삼색제비
Nederlands Amerikaanse klifzwaluw
Português andorinha-de-dorso-acanelado
Русский белоло́бая го́рная ла́сточка белоло́бая ла́сточка
Svenska stensvala

Examples

“Researchers in the US found that the wingspan of American cliff swallows, which took up the habit of colonising concrete highway bridges in the 1980s, had decreased by about two millimetres a decade since then.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

American climbing fern American cloth American cocker spaniel American cockroach American columbo American comic book

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