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bank swallow
noun
- a swallow, Riparia riparia, of the Northern Hemisphere, that nests in tunnels dug in sand or clay banks.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bank swallow1
First recorded in 1645–55
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Example Sentences
Where river or road has left a bank, its face may be dotted with the entrances to the Bank Swallow's dwellings.
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With the general appearance of the Bank Swallow, but slightly larger, grayer below, and with no breast-band.
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But the holes were too small, and no bird but a bank-swallow would have attempted such a thing.
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The bank swallow and chimney swift are smaller and less conspicuous than the martin, less noisy but quite as useful.
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The bank-swallow is the inventor of this form of tunnel construction.
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