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swiftlet
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun swiftlet has 1 sense
- swiftlet(n = noun.animal) collocalia inexpectata - swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest; Array is a kind of swift
is a member of collocalia, genus collocalia
Derived form noun swift3
CIDE DICTIONARY
swiftlet, n.
Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia . Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible. [1913 Webster]
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