chimney swallow
n
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 chimneysswift - 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.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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