1. common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs; [syn: European swift, Apus apus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
European swift
n 1: common European bird with a shrieking call that nests
chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs [syn:
European swift, Apus apus]