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Chaetura pelagica
Swift Swift, n. 1. The current of a stream. [R.] --Walton. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodid[ae]. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds. Note: The common European swift (Cypselus, or Micropus, apus) nests in church steeples and under the tiles of roofs, and is noted for its rapid flight and shrill screams. It is called also black martin, black swift, hawk swallow, devil bird, swingdevil, screech martin, and shreik owl. The common American, or chimney, swift (Ch[ae]tura pelagica) has sharp rigid tips to the tail feathers. It attaches its nest to the inner walls of chimneys, and is called also chimney swallow. The Australian swift (Ch[ae]tura caudacuta) also has sharp naked tips to the tail quills. The European Alpine swift (Cypselus melba) is whitish beneath, with a white band across the breast. The common Indian swift is Cypselus affinis. See also Palm swift, under Palm, and Tree swift, under Tree. 3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard. 4. (Zo["o]l.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost. 5. [Cf. Swivel.] A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural. 6. The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.

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- The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae. A member of the genus Chaetura, it is closely related to both Vaux's...
- Caulophryne pelagica is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Caulophrynidae, the fanfins. This species is a deepwater species which...
- Scyllaea pelagica, common name the sarg****um nudibranch, is a species of nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Scyllaeidae. This species...
- Thal****obathia pelagica is a species of fish in the family Bythitidae (viviparous brotulas). It is sometimes referred to by the common name pelagic brotula...
- Lamarck, 1816 Physalis osbeckii Tilesius, 1810 Physalis pelagica Tilesius, 1810 Physalis pelagica Lamarck, 1816 Physalis tuberculosa Lamarck, 1816 Physsophora...
- Planctosphaera pelagica is a hemichordate and the only known representative of the class Planctosphaeroidea. The species is known only by its free swimming...
- Frigidoalvania pelagica, common name the carinate alvania, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae...
- Adipicola pelagica is a species of sal****er clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mytilidae, the mussels. It is a deepwater species and is found...
- 1940 Nereis paulina Grube, 1868 Nereis pectinata Dalyell, 1853 Nereis pelagica Linnaeus, 1758 Nereis perivisceralis Claparède, 1868 Nereis peroniensis...
- The gl****y flying squid or gl**** squid (Hyaloteuthis pelagica) is the only species of the genus Hyaloteuthis of the subfamily Ommastrephinae, family Ommastrephidae...