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blue-throated sapphire

blue-throated sapphire noun: hylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and blue-violet throat and a straight red black-tipped bill.

blue-throated sapphire: hylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and...
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Noun

blue-throated sapphire (plural blue-throated sapphires)

  1. Hylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and blue-violet throat and a straight red black-tipped bill.

Synonyms of blue-throated sapphire

Forms of blue-throated sapphire

pluralblue-throated sapphires

Questions about blue-throated sapphire

What does blue-throated sapphire mean?
Blue-throated sapphire means hylocharis eliciae, a hummingbird of South America with a metallic golden-green tail and blue-violet throat and a straight red black-tipped bill.
What part of speech is blue-throated sapphire?
Blue-throated sapphire is a noun.
What is the plural of blue-throated sapphire?
The plural of blue-throated sapphire is blue-throated sapphires.

Words near blue-throated sapphire in the dictionary

  1. blue-spotted
  2. blue-stocking
  3. blue-stockings
  4. blue-throated goldentail
  5. blue-throated goldentails
  6. blue-throated sapphire
  7. blue-throated sapphires
  8. blue-tick
  9. blue-ticks
  10. blue-tile fever
  11. blue-tongue

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