swiftlet

«swiftlet» in Mova's school dictionary: A small bird of the swift family living in tropical Asia… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a swiftlet, swiftlets)

meaning for a pupil

A small bird of the swift family living in tropical Asia and Australia, many of which nest in caves and find their way in the dark with clicking sounds (echolocation). tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons it is an example of a bird that uses echolocation like bats. In geography, some swiftlets make nests of their own spit that people collect for bird's nest soup. Phrases: cave swiftlet, edible-nest swiftlet.

examples

• Swiftlets nest high on the walls of dark caves. tree →
• A swiftlet clicks to find its way in the dark. tree →
• Some swiftlets build nests from their own spit. tree →
• Bird's nest soup is made from swiftlet nests. tree →
• Swiftlets catch insects while flying. tree →
• The cave was full of the sound of swiftlets. tree →

note

Countable. The -let ending means small (like piglet, booklet). Swiftlets are not swallows, though they look alike.

In the corpora

• Cave swiftlets are among the very few birds that echolocate, and some swiftlets build nests from their own saliva.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «swiftlet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.