Definition of Colibri

1. a type of hummingbird [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colibri

colestipol
colestrum
colet
coleta
coletas
colets
coleus
coleuses
colewort
coleworts
coley
coleys
coli granuloma
colibacillosis
colibacillus
colibri (current term)
colibris
colic
colic arteries
colic artery
colic impression
colic intussusception
colic lymph nodes
colic root
colic sphincter
colic surface of spleen
colic teniae
colic vein
colic veins
colica

Literary usage of Colibri

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"(S. Am. name, colibri.) ORDER XLVI. PASSERES. (THE PASSERINE BIRDS.) Toes always 4 ; feet fitted for perching ; the hind toe always on the level of the rest ..."

2. Gleanings of Natural History: Exhibiting Figures of Quadrupeds, Birds by George Edwards (1764)
"Le colibri rouge à longue queue. Le colibri verd à longue queue. ... Le colibri à poitrine rouge. Le petit colibri brun. Le colibri au ventre blanc, ..."

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