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

Derived forms: tree swifts

Type of: apodiform bird

Part of: family Hemiprocnidae, Hemiprocnidae

Encyclopedia: Tree swift