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hummingbird

noun
/ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜɹd/US/ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd/UK/ˈhʌmɪnˌbɜːd/

Etymology

From humming (noun) + bird, in reference to the humming sound made by the rapidly moving wings.

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

Definitions

  1. Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to…

    Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

    • Soon I hear the low all-pervading hum of an approaching hummingbird circling above the rock, …
    • Beyond the veranda was a small cleared garden, bounded with cactus hedges and adorned with clumps of flowering shrubs, round which the great blue butterflies and the tiny humming-birds fluttered and darted in crescents of sparkling light.

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