Apodiformes
plural noun
Apod·i·for·mes
əˌpädəˈfȯrˌmēz
: an order of birds with long narrow wings and weak feet that comprises the swifts and the humming birds
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Apod-, Apus + -iformes
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- (a) penny for your thoughts
- (a) quarter after
- (a) quarter of
- (a) quarter past
- (a) quarter to
- (all) by one's lonesome
- (all) choked up
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- (all) in one whack
- (all) round the year
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- (as) big as life
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bold as brass
- (as) clear as a bell
- (as) cute as a button