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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the various tropical and subtropical birds of the four genera Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus, and Collocalia in the swift family, many of which can navigate in darkness using echolocation.
2. 2
   swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

collocalia inexpectataedible nestswiftswiftlet nest

Etymology

From swift + -let.