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swiftlet


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swiftlet  \Swift"let\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swiftlet 
  n  :  swift  of  eastern  Asia;  produces  the  edible  bird's  nest  [syn: 
  {Collocalia  inexpectata}] 




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