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noun
Any bird in the family Hemiprocnidae, closely related to the true swifts in the family Apodidae, but differing in having a forked tail and a crest or other facial ornamentation, and in being able to perch on branches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From tree + swift.
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