单词 | palm swift |
释义 | > as lemmaspalm swift palm swift n. either of two small swifts, Tachornis phoenicobia of the Caribbean and T. squamata of South America, which attach their nests to palm fronds. ΚΠ 1862 J. Richardson et al. Museum Nat. Hist. I. 282/2 The Jamaica Palm Swift (Cypselus phœnicobius, regarded by M. Gosse, its first describer, as the type of a new genus which he denominates Tachornis. 1932 Discovery Jan. 24/2 The leaves of a palm-like tree afford nesting sites for the little grey palm-swift. 1990 D. Attenborough Trials of Life 148 The African palm swift..constructs its nest almost entirely from its saliva, moulding it into a tiny spoon-shaped structure. < as lemmas |
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