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Definition of Hummingbird

1. Noun. Tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight.

Definition of Hummingbird

1. Noun. Any of various small American birds in the family ''Trochilidae'' that have the ability to hover. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hummingbird

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hummingbird

Literary usage of Hummingbird

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

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1893)
"DESCRIPTION OF A NEW hummingbird FROM NORTHERN MEXICO. BY WILLIAM BREWSTER. Among the birds collected for me in Sonora, Mexico, in 1887, by the late Mr. JC ..."

2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Blue-throated hummingbird. ... Ruby-throated hummingbird. ... The two white eggs are laid in May or June; size .50 a .35. 429. Black-chinned hummingbird. ..."

3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1902)
"The curiosity, or rather the essentially bird-like curiosity, shown by this hummingbird, was very surprising to me, as I had been led to believe, ..."

4. The Second Book of Birds: Bird Families by Harriet (Mann) Miller, Olive Thorne Miller (1901)
"The bill of a hummingbird is much longer than his head. It is something like a pair ... No bird is more charming than our common RUBY-THROATED hummingbird. ..."

5. Adventure Guide to Belize by Carol O'Donnell (2003)
"Along the Highways Coastal (Manatee) Highway • hummingbird Highway The mileage is measured from the turnoff on the Western Highway where the hummingbird ..."

6. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"... THE hummingbird. OR SPHINX, MOTHS Teacher's Story 'F during the early evening, when all the swift humming birds are abed, we hear the whirr of rapidly ..."

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