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hummingbird
(encz) | hummingbird,kolibřík luke |
hummingbird
(gcide) | hummingbird \hummingbird\, humming bird \humming bird\n.
(Zool.),
any bird of the family Trochilid[ae], of which over one
hundred genera are known, including about four hundred
species. They are found only in America and are most abundant
in the tropics. They are mostly of very small size with long
slender bills adapted to sucking nectar from flowers, and are
noted for the very brilliant iridescent colors of their
plumage and their peculiar habit of hovering about flowers
while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming
noise; the wings are specialized for hovering flight, but
they can also dart forward and fly quite rapidly. They feed
both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The
common humming bird or ruby-throat of the Eastern United
States is Trochilus colubris. Several other species are
found in the Western United States. See Calliope, and
Ruby-throat.
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hummingbird
(wn) | hummingbird
n 1: tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and
long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating
flight |
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hummingbird moth
(encz) | hummingbird moth, n: |
ruby-throated hummingbird
(encz) | ruby-throated hummingbird, |
vegetable hummingbird
(encz) | vegetable hummingbird, n: |
Humming-bird moth
(gcide) | Humming \Hum"ming\, n.
A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a
hum.
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Hummingale, lively or strong ale. --Dryden.
Humming-bird moth (Zool.), a hawk moth. See Hawk moth,
under Hawk, the bird.
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hummingbird moth
(wn) | hummingbird moth
n 1: any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of
powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed [syn:
hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth,
hummingbird moth] |
vegetable hummingbird
(wn) | vegetable hummingbird
n 1: a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink
flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in
southern Florida and West Indies [syn: {scarlet wisteria
tree}, vegetable hummingbird, Sesbania grandiflora] |
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