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American cliff swallows

American cliff swallows is the plural of American cliff swallow.

Meaning of American cliff swallow

Noun

American cliff swallow (plural American cliff swallows)

  1. Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae.
    • 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.2018, Menno Schilthuizen, “Darwin comes to town”, in The Guardian

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What is American cliff swallows the plural of?
American cliff swallows is the plural of American cliff swallow.

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