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Noun: crested swift
  1. Birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees
    "The crested swift's distinctive crest made it easy to identify";
    - tree swift

Derived forms: crested swifts

Type of: apodiform bird

Part of: family Hemiprocnidae, Hemiprocnidae

Encyclopedia: Crested swift