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rough-winged swallow

(rŭfˈwĭngdˌ)

noun

Either of two New World species of swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis or S. ruficollis) having outer primary feathers equipped with small barblike hooks.
An African swallow of the genus Psalidoprocne having similarly barbed outer primaries.

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