单词 | swiftlet |
释义 | swiftletn. A little or young swift; a small species of swift, as those of the genus Collocalia, which construct the edible birds' nest of China. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > small or young swiftlet1892 the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Apodidae > member of genus Collocalia esculent swallow1783 salangane1793 swiftlet1892 1892 Cornhill Mag. May 535 Would the swift have to go nestless, to the inconvenience, if not fatal prejudice, of generations of swiftlets unborn? 1898 Sven Hedin's Through Asia xix. 245 The edible nests of the swallow, or, more correctly swiftlet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1892 |
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