Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cliff \Cliff\ (kl[i^]f), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif,
D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa;
perh. orig. a climbing place. See {Climb}.]
A high, steep rock; a precipice.
{Cliff swallow} (Zo["o]l.), a North American swallow
({Petrochelidon lunifrons}), which builds its nest against
cliffs; the {eaves swallow}.
Source : WordNet®
cliff swallow
n : North American swallow that lives in colonies and builds
bottle-shaped mud nests on cliffs and walls [syn: {Hirundo
pyrrhonota}]