"needletail" meaning in All languages combined

See needletail on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: needletails [plural]
Etymology: From needle + tail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|needle|tail}} needle + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} needletail (plural needletails)
  1. Any of various birds in the genus Hirundapus, related to the swift. Categories (lifeform): Apodiforms Derived forms: brown-backed needletail, purple needletail, silver-backed needletail, white-throated needletail Translations (bird of the genus Hirundapus): piikkikiitäjä (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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