hummingbird

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.

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hummingbird

Noun

a very small brightly-coloured American bird with a long slender bill, and powerful wings that hum as they vibrate

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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