EGAVE

swiftlet

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Meaning

  1. noun 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.

Similar words

collocalia inexpectata swift indian swiftlet treeswift needletail spinetail cave swiftlet common swift bornean swiftlet screecher

Often followed by

nests collocalia

Word family

swiftlets

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