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  • The guano moth is graced with that name because its larvae are found only in slag piles of feces left by the Vanikoro swiftlet, a swallowlike bird.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • The guano moth is graced with that name because its larvae are found only in slag piles of feces left by the Vanikoro swiftlet, a swallowlike bird.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Kites, the kind that children of all ages fly, were named for the soaring, darting, swallowlike flight of this beautiful group of birds.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Kites, the kind that children of all ages fly, were named for the soaring, darting, swallowlike flight of this beautiful group of birds.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Kites, the kind that children of all ages fly, were named for the soaring, darting, swallowlike flight of this beautiful group of birds.

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

  • Two long swallowlike swoops, then a mad plunging through a succession of buffeting, curling waves that slapped viciously at him as he dashed through, a great heave or two over the humping billows at the foot, then the swirl of the eddy caught him, and lifted him clear over into the quiet water.

    The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Ralph Connor 1898

  • Do you know the _E major Scherzo, Op. 54_, with its skimming, swallowlike flight, its delicate figuration, its evanescent hintings at

    Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques James Huneker 1890

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