English Explanatory Dictionary

treeswift

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any bird in the family Hemiprocnidae, closely related to the true swifts in the family Apodidae, but differing in having a forked tail and a crest or other facial ornamentation, and in being able to perch on branches.

Word forms

treeswift treeswifts

Etymology

From tree + swift.

Synonyms

crested swift
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