chimney swallow

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chimney swallow

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for common swallow (see swallow²)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a less common name for chimney swift

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Noun	1.	chimney swallow - American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys Chateura pelagica, chimney swift swift - a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight Chateura, genus Chateura - a genus of Apodidae
	2.	chimney swallow - common swallow of North America and Europe that nests in barns etc. barn swallow, Hirundo rustica swallow - small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations genus Hirundo, Hirundo - type genus of the Hirundinidae

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