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mountaingem

noun

Etymology

From mountain + gem.

  1. derived from gemma — “a swelling bud; jewel, gem”
  2. derived from gemme — “gem”
  3. inherited from *gimmu✻ — “gem”
  4. inherited from ġimm
  5. inherited from gemme
  6. compounded as mountaingem — “mountain + gem”

Definitions

  1. Any hummingbird in the genus Lampornis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for mountaingem. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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