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Definition of Trochilidae
1. Noun. Hummingbirds.
Exact synonyms: Family Trochilidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Apodiformes, Order Apodiformes
Member holonyms: Hummingbird, Archilochus, Genus Archilochus, Chalcostigma, Genus Chalcostigma, Genus Ramphomicron, Ramphomicron
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Apodiformes, Order Apodiformes
Member holonyms: Hummingbird, Archilochus, Genus Archilochus, Chalcostigma, Genus Chalcostigma, Genus Ramphomicron, Ramphomicron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trochilidae
Literary usage of Trochilidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bird Book: Illustrating in Natural Colors More Than Seven Hundred North by Chester Albert Reed (1914)
"Family trochilidae Hummingbirds have been truly called "Winged Gems." They are
the smallest of birds, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The relations of the trochilidae to other birds were for a long ' while very
imperfectly understood. Nitzsch first drew attention to their agreement in many ..."
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