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hummingbird

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hum·ming·bird  (hmng-bûrd)
n.
Any of numerous New World birds of the family Trochilidae, usually very small in size and having brilliant iridescent plumage, a long slender bill, and wings capable of beating very rapidly, thereby enabling the bird to hover.

hummingbird [ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any very small American bird of the family Trochilidae, having a brilliant iridescent plumage, long slender bill, and wings specialized for very powerful vibrating flight: order Apodiformes
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Noun1.hummingbird - tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender billshummingbird - tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight
apodiform bird - nonpasserine bird having long wings and weak feet; spends much of its time in flight
Archilochus colubris - a kind of hummingbird
thornbill - any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill
Translations
hummingbird [ˈhʌmɪŋbɜːd] Ncolibrí m, picaflor m
hummingbird [ˈhʌmɪŋbɜːrd] ncolibri m, oiseau-mouche m
hummingbird [ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd] ncolibrì m inv


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Instead of the white lily, which requires mud, or the common sweet flag, the blue flag (Iris versicolor) grows thinly in the pure water, rising from the stony bottom all around the shore, where it is visited by hummingbirds in June; and the color both of its bluish blades and its flowers and especially their reflections, is in singular harmony with the glaucous water.
 
 
 
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