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bumblebird

noun

Etymology

From bumble + bird.

  1. inherited from bridd — “chick, fledgling, chicken”
  2. inherited from bird
  3. compounded as bumblebird — “bumble + bird”

Definitions

  1. Hummingbird.

    • A brick fireplace sat dark at one end. Doors led off to other rooms, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were openable to the outside where the large bumblebirds buzzed over the bushes.
    • That same afternoon, a brightly colored male bumblebird arrived with a gouge in his back. Something with a sharp beak had tried to eat him for lunch and failed.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA