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Chimney swift   /tʃˈɪmni swɪft/   Listen
Chimney swift

noun
1.
American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys.  Synonyms: Chateura pelagica, chimney swallow.





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"Chimney swift" Quotes from Famous Books



... seemed about on the point of joining its companion, which lay dead upon the floor. Tossing it into the air, however, seemed to awaken its wonderful powers of flight, and away it went straight toward the clouds. On the wing the chimney swift looks like an athlete stripped for the race. There is the least appearance of quill and plumage of any of our birds, and, with all its speed and marvelous evolutions, the effect of its flight is stiff and ...
— Bird Stories from Burroughs - Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs • John Burroughs
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Words linked to "Chimney swift" :   genus Chateura, Chateura, swift


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