Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A swift of the genus Collocalia, one of the birds which construct edible nests, as C. esculenta. Also salagane. See cut under Collocalia.

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  • noun Any of various swifts which produce edible nests.

Etymologies

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From French, which formed it from Tagalog salangan.

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