HUMMINGBIRD


Meaning of HUMMINGBIRD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhə-miŋ-ˌbərd ]

noun

Date: 1637

: any of a family (Trochilidae) of tiny brightly colored nonpasserine American birds related to the swifts that have a very slender bill and an extensible tongue for sipping nectar and that usually hover rather than perch when feeding

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