swiftlet
/swift-lit/US // ˈswɪft lɪt //UK // (ˈswɪftlɪt) //
燕子,金丝燕,燕窝,雨燕
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of several swifts of the genus Collocalia, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia, certain species of which use saliva to construct nests, which are used in making bird's-nest soup.
Examples
One Swiftlet is world-famous on account of its saliva-built nest, which is the edible swallows' nest we used to read about.
The edible-nest swiftlet (Collocalia fuciphaga) is the commonest swift on the Nilgiris.
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