swift moth

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noun

any of five species of fast-flying moths of the family Hepialidae, regarded as primitive in development, having forewings and hind wings similar in size and shape: the best known is the ghost swift, Hepialus humiliOften shortened to: swift

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Words nearby swift moth

swift fox, swiftie, Swift, Jonathan, swiftlet, swiftly, swift moth, Swift's disease, swig, swiler, swill, swim

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They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
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Taylor Swift – 1989 A change has, it seems, done Taylor Swift good.
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You talk in the book about meeting some of your idols, including Taylor Swift.
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When they combine it with their pop music, like Taylor Swift, it's basically targeting children and that's wrong.
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Does it matter whether Taylor Swift wants me to inflate my Internet notoriety by doing a dumb thing where I lip sync to her music?
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And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
Sanson's Atlas: a very large atlas by a French geographer in use in Swift's time.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
The sound of the swift beating of horse-hoofs was heard from the south, and soon three men came riding up.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Long before reason found the answer, instinct—swift, merciless interpreter—told him plainly.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood

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