salanganen.
/ˈsaləŋɡeɪn/, U.S. /ˈsælənˌɡæn/, /ˈsælənˌɡeɪn/ Zoology.
One of the birds of the genus Collocalia, which make edible nests; an esculent swallow.
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1793 J. Leslie tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Birds VI. 577 Nothing better shews that the Salangane has remained long unknown, than the different names bestowed on it.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 589 The nest of the bird saligan affords that dissolving jelly.
1869–73 T. R. Jones tr. A. E. Brehm Cassell's Bk. Birds II. 119 The Salangane usually builds in such deep and dark cavities that [etc.].
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