A bird of the genus Hirundo, esp. H. rustica, a well-known migratory bird with long pointed wings and forked tail, having a swift curving flight…

poetic. (A name for) the swallow (frequently treated poetically as a variety of songbird). Cf. Philomel, n.

the barn swallow, Hirundo rustica (family Hirundinidae) with dark blue upperparts, reddish throat, and distinctive long, deeply forked tail…

A swallow.

(a) the common swallow, Hirundo rustica; (b) = chimney-swift n. a species of swift, Chætura pelagica.

the common house-swallow.