Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

american cliff swallow

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.66 in modern English

Syllables: amer-i-can -clif-f swal-low
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

American cliff swallows (plural)

Questions

What does american cliff swallow mean?: Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae.

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