rough-winged swallow
Related to rough-winged swallow: bank swallows
rough-winged swallow
(rŭf′wĭngd′)n.
Either of two swallows (Stelgidopteryx serripennis or S. ruficollis) of the Americas, having outer primary feathers equipped with small barblike hooks.
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