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SwallowSwallow Swal"low, n. [OE. swalowe, AS. swalewe, swealwe; akin
to D. zwaluw, OHG. swalawa, G. schwalbe, Icel. & Sw. svala,
Dan. svale.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds
of the family Hirundinid[ae], especially one of those
species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have
long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and
gracefulness of their flight.
Note: The most common North American species are the barn
swallow (see under Barn), the cliff, or eaves,
swallow (see under Cliff), the white-bellied, or
tree, swallow (Tachycineta bicolor), and the bank
swallow (see under Bank). The common European swallow
(Chelidon rustica), and the window swallow, or martin
(Chelidon urbica), are familiar species.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which
resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the
common American chimney swallow, or swift.
3. (Naut.) The aperture in a block through which the rope
reeves. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Swallow plover (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
fork-tailed ploverlike birds of the genus Glareola, as
G. orientalis of India; a pratincole.
Swallow shrike (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
East Indian and Asiatic birds of the family
Artamiid[ae], allied to the shrikes but similar to
swallows in appearance and habits. The ashy swallow shrike
(Artamus fuscus) is common in India.
Swallow warbler (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
East Indian and Australian singing birds of the genus
Dic[ae]um. They are allied to the honeysuckers. Swallow
Swallow Swal"low, v. i.
To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe
he is unable to swallow.
Swallow
Swallow Swal"low, n.
1. The act of swallowing.
2. The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.
3. Taste; relish; inclination; liking. [Colloq.]
I have no swallow for it. --Massinger.
4. Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
There being nothing too gross for the swallow of
political rancor. --Prof.
Wilson.
5. As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow
of water.
6. That which ingulfs; a whirlpool. [Obs.] --Fabyan.
Meaning of Swallows from wikipedia
- flight; the
metabolic rate of
swallows in
flight is 49–72%
lower than
equivalent p****erines of the same size.
Swallows have two
foveae in each eye, giving...
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Yakult Atoms,
before renaming it
again as the
Yakult Swallows in 1974, and then the
Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2006. The
franchise was
established for the first...
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Moroka Swallows Football Club (often
referred to as
Swallows or The Birds) is a
South African professional football club
based in Soweto, Johannesburg...
- blue-backed
swallows is
sometimes called the "barn
swallows". The
Oxford English Dictionary dates the
English common name "barn
swallow" to 1851, though...
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Fighters from
Follow /
Swallow "
Swallow", a song by Korn from Life Is
Peachy Dingli Swallows F.C., a
Maltese football club
Mbabane Swallows, a
Swazi football...
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cliff swallow of
North America. The cave
swallow, also
native to the Americas,
nests and
roosts primarily in
caves and sinkholes. Cave
swallows are found...
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Swallowing, also
called deglutition or
inglutition in
scientific contexts, is the
process in the body of a
human or
other animal that
allows for a substance...
- The
cliff swallow or
American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a
member of the p****erine bird
family Hirundinidae, the
swallows and martins...
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African swallow may
refer to:
Genus Cecropis, mud-nest
building swallows:
Lesser striped swallow,
Cecropis abyssinica Greater striped swallow, Cecropis...
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species are
members of the
swallow family of birds, and are
placed in the
Hirundininae subfamily,
which comprises all
swallows and
martins except the very...
