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Definition of emerald swift

emerald swift

Plural:emerald swifts
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A species of brightly colored, arboreal lizard (Sceloporus malachiticus) native to the cloud forests of Central America, distinguished by the vivid, iridescent green scales of the adult males.

Example

"While hiking through the humid cloud forests of Costa Rica, the researchers paused to photograph a male emerald swift basking on a sunlit bromeliad."

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Emerald swift. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Oct 17, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/emerald%20swift
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