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金丝燕

jīn sī yàn

3-character word Traditional 金絲燕

What 金丝燕 means

1. Aerodramus, genus of birds that use echolocation, a subset of the Collocaliini tribe (swiflets), two of whose species – Aerodramus fuciphagus and Aerodramus maximus – build nests harvested to make bird's nest soup

The characters in 金丝燕

• 金jīngold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…
• 燕yànswallow (family Hirundinidae); old variant of 宴

Words containing 金丝燕

• 戈氏金丝燕Gē shì jīn sī yàn(bird species of China) Germain's swiftlet (Aerodramus germani)
• 短嘴金丝燕duǎn zuǐ jīn sī yàn(bird species of China) Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)