quick → swift (bird) 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language English
lexeme swift
meaning 1 happening quickly or promptly, moving or capable of moving at high speed the swiftest horse in his stable
direction →
meaning 2 a swift-flying insectivorous bird with long, slender wings and a superficial resemblance to a swallow, spending most of its life on the wing Eurasian swift (Apus apus)
reference ODE
comment second meaning from 1660s

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