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a name for the swifts of the genus Collocalia, which construct the ‘edible bird's nests’ of which soup is made in China.
One of the birds of the genus Collocalia, which make edible nests; an esculent swallow.
A little or young swift; a small species of swift, as those of the genus Collocalia, which construct the edible birds' nest of China.