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bumblebird

bumblebird noun: hummingbird.

Noun

bumblebird (plural bumblebirds)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Hummingbird.
    • A brick fireplace sat dark at one end. Doors led off to other rooms, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were openable to the outside where the large bumblebirds buzzed over the bushes.1986, Richard Mueller, Jernigan's Egg, page 128
    • That same afternoon, a brightly colored male bumblebird arrived with a gouge in his back. Something with a sharp beak had tried to eat him for lunch and failed.2020, Charlotte Llewelyn-Wells, David Guymer, Robbie MacNiven, KeyForge: Tales From the Crucible: A KeyForge Anthology, page 193

Forms of bumblebird

pluralbumblebirds

Origin of bumblebird

From bumble + bird.

Questions about bumblebird

What does bumblebird mean?
Bumblebird means hummingbird.
What part of speech is bumblebird?
Bumblebird is a noun.
What is the plural of bumblebird?
The plural of bumblebird is bumblebirds.

Words near bumblebird in the dictionary

  1. bumblebee moth
  2. bumblebee moths
  3. bumblebees
  4. bumbleberries
  5. bumbleberry
  6. bumblebird
  7. bumblebirds
  8. Bumbleby
  9. bumbled
  10. bumbled along
  11. bumbledom

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