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doctor bird

Syllables: doc·tor·birdUK/ˈdɒktə(r)ˈbɜː(r)d/US/ˈdɒktɚ ˈbɝd/

doctor bird noun: trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird).

doctor bird: trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird...
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Noun

doctor bird (plural doctor birds)

  1. Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)
    • He listened to the zip of doctor birds at the window and the peach trees in the wind.2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 125

Forms of doctor bird

pluraldoctor birds

Origin of doctor bird

Compound of doctor + bird. The bird, endemic to Jamaica, is so named because its tail resembles a stethoscope.

Questions about doctor bird

What does doctor bird mean?
Doctor bird means trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird).
What part of speech is doctor bird?
Doctor bird is a noun.
How do you pronounce doctor bird?
Doctor bird is pronounced /ˈdɒktɚ ˈbɝd/ (US).
What is the plural of doctor bird?
The plural of doctor bird is doctor birds.

Words near doctor bird in the dictionary

  1. Docter
  2. Docters
  3. doctiloquent
  4. doctor
  5. Doctor Atkins
  6. doctor bird
  7. doctor birds
  8. doctor blade
  9. doctor blades
  10. Doctor Feelgood
  11. Doctor Frankenstein

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