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Webster 1828 Edition


Humming-bird

HUM'MING-BIRD

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Noun.
A very small bird of the genus Trochilus; so called from the sound of its wings in flight. The rostrum is subulate, filiform, and longer than the head; the tongue is filiform and tubulous. It never lights to take food, but feeds while on the wing.

Definition 2024


humming-bird

humming-bird

See also: hummingbird and humming bird

English

Noun

humming-bird (plural humming-birds)

  1. Alternative form of hummingbird