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Webster 1913 Edition


Rubythroat

Ru′by-throatˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to
Trochilus
,
Calypte
,
Stellula
, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (
Trochilus colubris
).