hum·ming·bird

(hŭm′ĭng-bûrd′)

Any of numerous birds of the family Trochilidae found throughout the Americas, 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.

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hummingbird

(ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd)

(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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hum•ming•bird

(ˈhʌm ɪŋˌbɜrd)

n.

any of numerous tiny, usu. colorful New World birds of the family Trochilidae, having a long, slender bill for sipping nectar and narrow wings that beat very rapidly, enabling the bird to hover at a flower or dart in any direction.

[1625–35, Amer.; so called from the noise made by the wings]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

hummingbird - 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

family Trochilidae, Trochilidae - hummingbirds

Archilochus colubris - a kind of hummingbird

thornbill - any of various South American hummingbirds with a sharp pointed bill

Translations

kolibřík

Kolibri

colibrí picaflor

colibri oiseau-mouche

colibr

koliber

колибри

hummingbird

[ˈhʌmɪŋbɜːd] N → colibrí m, picaflor m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hummingbird

[ˈhʌmɪŋbɜː^rd] n → colibri m, oiseau-mouche m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hummingbird

[ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd] n → colibrì m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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References in classic literature

Teta Elzbieta is all in a flutter, like a hummingbird; her sisters, too, keep running up behind her, whispering, breathless.

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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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Valparaiso -- Excursion to the Foot of the Andes -- Structure of the Land -- Ascend the Bell of Quillota -- Shattered Masses of Greenstone -- Immense Valleys -- Mines -- State of Miners -- Santiago -- Hot-baths of Cauquenes -- Gold-mines -- Grinding-mills -- Perforated Stones -- Habits of the Puma -- El Turco and Tapacolo -- Hummingbirds.

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