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swiftfoot

swiftfoot noun: the courser (any of various birds in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus).

Noun

swiftfoot

  1. (archaic) The courser (any of various birds in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus).
    • The Courser or Swiftfoot […] are Little Bustard Plovers, intermediate in many respects, and showing a beautiful gradation of form.1838-1842, William Jardine, The Natural History of the Birds of Great Britain and Ireland
    • cream-coloured swiftfoot

Adjective

swiftfoot (comparative more swiftfoot, superlative most swiftfoot)

  1. (obsolete) nimble; fleet
    • The hauke, the hound, the hinde, the swift-foot hare1610, “Robert, Duke of Normandy”, in Richard Niccols, editor, The Mirror for Magistrates
    Synonyms:
    swift-footed

Synonyms of swiftfoot

Forms of swiftfoot

comparativemore swiftfoot
superlativemost swiftfoot

Origin of swiftfoot

From swift + foot.

Phrases with swiftfoot

Questions about swiftfoot

What does swiftfoot mean?
Swiftfoot means the courser (any of various birds in the genera Cursorius and Rhinoptilus).
What part of speech is swiftfoot?
Swiftfoot can be a noun or an adjective.

Words near swiftfoot in the dictionary

  1. swifter
  2. swiftered
  3. swiftering
  4. swifters
  5. swiftest
  6. swiftfoot
  7. swiftfooted
  8. swiftfootedness
  9. swifthanded
  10. Swiftian
  11. swiftie

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