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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) of North and South America that builds a bottle-shaped nest of mud and twigs on cliffs or under eaves.

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  • noun North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls

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