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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.

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"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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