燕鸻 yànhéng pratincole; swallow-plover Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 燕 yàn noun swallow a small migratory bird with long wings and a forked tail, commonly known as 燕子 yànzi鸻 鴴 héng plover (bound form) plover; refers to small, long-legged wading birds of the Charadriidae family that typically live near water