hummingbird

UK: /ˈhʌmɪŋbɜː^rd/ US: /ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɝd/ ,(hum′ing bûrd′)

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hum•ming•bird /ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜrd/   n. [countable]

1. Birds a tiny, usually colorful bird having a long, slender bill for sipping nectar.

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hum•ming•bird  (hum′ing bûrd′), n. 

1. Birds a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.

• humming + bird 1625–35, American.

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hummingbird / ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd/ noun

1. any very small American bird of the family Trochilidae, having a brilliant iridescent plumage, long slender bill, and wings specialized for very powerful vibrating flight: order Apodiformes