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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Any bird in the family Hemiprocnidae, closely related to the true swifts in the family Apodidae, but differing in having a forked tail and a crest or other facial ornamentation, and in being able to perch on branches. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.