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Subtropical vs Swiftlet - What's the difference?

subtropical | swiftlet |

As nouns the difference between subtropical and swiftlet

is that subtropical is a subtropical plant while swiftlet is any of various tropical and subtropical birds of the four genera Aerodramus, Hydrochous, Schoutedenapus, and Collocalia in the swift family, many of which can navigate in darkness using echolocation.

As an adjective subtropical

is pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.

subtropical

English

(wikipedia subtropical)

Adjective

(-)
  • Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subtropical plant.

    • Related terms

    * subtropics

    See also

    * tropical

    swiftlet

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia swiftlet)
  • Any of various tropical and subtropical birds of the four genera Aerodramus'', ''Hydrochous'', ''Schoutedenapus'', and ''Collocalia in the swift family, many of which can navigate in darkness using echolocation.