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doctor bird

noun
/ˈdɒktɚ ˈbɝd/US/ˈdɒktə(r)ˈbɜː(r)d/UK

Etymology

Compound of doctor + bird. The bird, endemic to Jamaica, is so named because its tail resembles a stethoscope.

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

Definitions

  1. Trochilus polytmus

    Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)

    • He listened to the zip of doctor birds at the window and the peach trees in the wind.

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