Definitions for swallows
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1. swallows

   The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The term "swallow" is used colloquially in Europe as a synonym for the barn swallow. Around 90 species of Hirundinidae are known, divided into 19 genera, with the greatest diversity found in Africa, which is also thought to be where they evolved as hole-nesters. They also occur on a number of oceanic islands. A number of European and North American species are long-distance migrants; by contrast, the West and South African swallows are nonmigratory. This family comprises two subfamilies: Pseudochelidoninae (the river martins of the genus Pseudochelidon) and Hirundininae (all other swallows, martins, and saw-wings). In the Old World, the name "martin" tends to be used for the squarer-tailed species, and the name "swallow" for the more fork-tailed species; however, this distinction does not represent a real evolutionary separation. In the New World, "martin" is reserved for members of the genus Progne. (These two systems are responsible for the same species being called sand martin in the Old World and bank swallow in the New World.)

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1. Swallows

   The family Hirundinidae, comprised of small BIRDS that hunt flying INSECTS while in sustained flight.

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1. swallows

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1. SWALLOWS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Swallows is ranked #26086 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Swallows surname appeared 939 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Swallows.
   
   95.2% or 894 total occurrences were White.
   2.2% or 21 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.8% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

How to pronounce swallows?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of swallows in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of swallows in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of swallows in a Sentence

1. William Blake:

   All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.

2. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Death swallows death.

3. Dejan Stojanovic:

   All swallows all. Life must eat life to survive.

4. Marcus Aurelius:

   But look at how soon we’re all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of all those applauding hands. The people who praise us - how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region in which it all takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.

5. Francis Quarles:

   Rather do what is nothing in the purpose than to be idle, that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot when the fliers escape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and is the self-made sepulcher of a living man.

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