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单词 needletail
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Definition of needletail in English:

needletail

(also needle-tailed swift)
nounˈniːd(ə)lteɪl
  • An Asian spine-tailed swift, believed to be the world's fastest flying bird.

    针尾雨燕

    Genus Hirundapus, family Apodidae: four species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The needletails can seem drawn to the hills as if by a magnet; on good days, flocks arrive from the north, glide and circle around, then, with a few flaps of their wings, whoosh overhead like speeding bullets, and vanish to the south.
    • Larger species, such as white-throated needletail, are amongst the fastest flyers in the animal kingdom.
    • The fastest normal wing-flapping flight ever clocked was of the white-throated needle-tailed swift in India: a reported 219 miles per hour.
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