swiftfoot

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noun

The courser (any of various birds in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus).

“cream-coloured swiftfoot”

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swift-footed
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Meanings

noun
  1. archaicThe courser (any of various birds in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus).

    cream-coloured swiftfoot

    1 more example

    1838-1842, William Jardine, The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland The Courser or Swiftfoot […] are Little Bustard Plovers, intermediate in many respects, and showing a beautiful gradation of form.

adjectiveswiftfoot (comparative more swiftfoot, superlative most swiftfoot)

comparative more swiftfoot · superlative most swiftfoot

  1. obsoletenimble; fleet

    The hauke, the hound, the hinde, the swift-foot hare

    1610, “Robert, Duke of Normandy”, in Richard Niccols, editor, The Mirror for Magistrates

    Synonyms: swift-footed

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenimble; fleet

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swift-footed
Also see
swift-footed

Origin

From swift + foot.

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Cite this entry
APA

swiftfoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swiftfoot

MLA

“swiftfoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swiftfoot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swiftfoot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swiftfoot.

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