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flowerpiercer

noun

Etymology

From flower + piercer.

  1. derived from pertūsus
  2. derived from *pertūsiō✻
  3. derived from percier
  4. inherited from perce
  5. suffixed as piercer — “pierce + er”
  6. compounded as flowerpiercer — “flower + piercer”

Definitions

  1. Any of the tropical birds in the genus Diglossa, found in Central and South America.

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