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Swift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are not closely related to any passerine species. Swifts are placed in the order Apodiformes with hummingbirds. The treeswifts are closely related to the true swifts, but form a separate family, the Hemiprocnidae.
Resemblances between swifts and swallows are due to convergent evolution, reflecting similar life styles based on catching insects in flight.The family name, Apodidae, is derived from the Greek ἄπους (ápous), meaning “footless”, a reference to the small, weak legs of these most aerial of birds. The tradition of depicting swifts without feet continued into the Middle Ages, as seen in the heraldic martlet.
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Quick (adjective)
Moving with speed, rapidity or swiftness, or capable of doing so; rapid; fast.
“I ran to the station – but I wasn’t quick enough.”
“He’s a quick runner.”
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Quick (adjective)
Occurring in a short time; happening or done rapidly.
“That was a quick meal.”
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Quick (adjective)
Lively, fast-thinking, witty, intelligent.
“You have to be very quick to be able to compete in ad-lib theatrics.”
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Quick (adjective)
Mentally agile, alert, perceptive.
“My father is old but he still has a quick wit.”
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Quick (adjective)
Of temper: easily aroused to anger; quick-tempered.
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Quick (adjective)
Alive, living.
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Quick (adjective)
Pregnant, especially at the stage where the foetus’s movements can be felt; figuratively, alive with some emotion or feeling.
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Quick (adjective)
Of water: flowing.
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Quick (adjective)
Burning, flammable, fiery.
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Quick (adjective)
Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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Quick (adjective)
productive; not “dead” or barren
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Quick (adverb)
quickly
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Quick (adverb)
with speed
“Get rich quick.”
“Come here, quick!”
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Quick (noun)
raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
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Quick (noun)
plants used in making a quickset hedge
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Quick (noun)
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
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Quick (noun)
quitchgrass
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Quick (noun)
A fast bowler.
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Quick (verb)
To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
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Quick (verb)
To quicken.
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Swift (adjective)
Fast; quick; rapid.
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Swift (adjective)
Capable of moving at high speeds.
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Swift (noun)
A small plain-colored bird of the family Apodidae that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight.
“needletail|spinetail|swiftlet”
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Swift (noun)
Any of certain lizards of the genus Sceloporus.
“fence lizard}}, {{vern|spiny lizard”
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Swift (noun)
A moth of the family Hepialidae, swift moth, ghost moth.
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Swift (noun)
Any of various fast-flying hesperiid butterflies.
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Swift (noun)
A reel for winding yarn.
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Swift (noun)
The main cylinder of a carding-machine.
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Swift (noun)
The current of a stream.
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Swift (adverb)
Swiftly.
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Quick (adjective)
moving fast or doing something in a short time
“he was always quick to point out her faults”
“in the qualifying session he was two seconds quicker than his teammate”
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Quick (adjective)
lasting or taking a short time
“Brian gave her a quick look”
“we went to the pub for a quick drink”
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Quick (adjective)
happening with little or no delay; prompt
“children like to see quick results from their efforts”
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Quick (adjective)
prompt to understand, think, or learn; intelligent
“it was quick of him to spot the mistake”
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Quick (adjective)
(of a person’s eye or ear) keenly perceptive; alert.
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Quick (adjective)
(of a person’s temper) easily roused.
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Quick (adverb)
at a fast rate; quickly
“he’ll find some place where he can make money quicker”
“Get out, quick!”
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Quick (noun)
the soft tender flesh below the growing part of a fingernail or toenail.
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Quick (noun)
the central or most sensitive part of someone or something.
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Quick (noun)
those who are living
“the quick and the dead”
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Quick (noun)
a fast bowler.