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Bank swallow   /bæŋk swˈɑloʊ/   Listen
Bank swallow

noun
1.
Swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks.  Synonyms: bank martin, Riparia riparia, sand martin.






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"Bank swallow" Quotes from Famous Books



... glanced at these birds carelessly, you might have thought they were all of one kind; but they were not. The smallest was the Bank Swallow, a sober-hued little fellow, with a short, sharp-pointed tail, his back feathers looking like a dusty brown cloak, fastened in front by a neck-band between his light throat ...
— Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues



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