tree swallow

Questions about tree swallow

What does tree swallow mean?

tree swallow means "bluish-green-and-white North American swallow; nests in tree cavities". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for tree swallow?

Close synonyms include white-bellied swallow, Iridoprocne bicolor, tree martin, Hirundo nigricans. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tree swallow a common word?

tree swallow is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.