hummingbird
UK/ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜːd//ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜɹd/
hummingbird noun: any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.
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Noun
hummingbird (plural hummingbirds)
- Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.
- Soon I hear the low all-pervading hum of an approaching hummingbird circling above the rock, …1857 Thoreau, Henry David, journal entry, May 29, 1857. From Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau, Boston: Beacon Press, 1993, p238. (Originally...
- Beyond the veranda was a small cleared garden, bounded with cactus hedges and adorned with clumps of flowering shrubs, round which the great blue butterflies and the tiny humming-birds fluttered and darted in crescents of sparkling light.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- hummer
hummingbird meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
hummingbird in Hindi
- any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae
- गुंजन पक्षी guñjan pakṣī
hummingbird in Tamil
- any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae
- ஓசனிச்சிட்டு ōcaṉicciṭṭu
hummingbird in Telugu
- any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae
- హమ్మింగ్ పక్షి hammiṅg pakṣi
hummingbird in Malayalam
- any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae
- ഹമ്മിങ് ബേഡ് hammiṅŭ bēḍŭ
More languagesFewer languages
- hummingbird in Punjabi
- ਹਮਿੰਗ ਪੰਛੀ hamiṅg pañchī
- hummingbird in Assamese
- মৌপিয়া moupia
- hummingbird in Tagalog
- ibong humuhugong, ibong umuugong, ibong humahaginit
- hummingbird in Arabic
- طَنَّان ṭannān, طَنَان ṭanān
- hummingbird in Malay
- burung madu
- hummingbird in Persian
- مرغ مگسخوار morġ-e magas-xâr
- hummingbird in Thai
- ฮัมมิงเบิร์ด ham-mîng-bə́ət
- hummingbird in Vietnamese
- chim ruồi, chim ong
Examples of hummingbird in a sentence
- We got a good shot of the hummingbirds mating.
- Lying in wait, camera at the ready, I managed to catch a hummingbird on video today, after being too slow getting my camera out yesterday.
- The hummingbird hovered by the plant.
Synonyms of hummingbird
Forms of hummingbird
| plural | hummingbirds |
|---|---|
| alternative form | humming bird |
| alternative form | humming-bird |
Origin of hummingbird
From humming (noun) + bird, in reference to the humming sound made by the rapidly moving wings.
Words formed from hummingbird
- Allen's hummingbird
- Anna's hummingbird
- bee hummingbird
- Costa hummingbird
- Costa's hummingbird
- garnet-throated hummingbird
- hummingbird hawkmoth
- hummingbirdlike
- hummingbird moth
- hummingbird sage
- hummingbird vine
- Lucifer hummingbird
- ruby-throated hummingbird
- rufous hummingbird
- rufous-tailed hummingbird
- sword-billed hummingbird
- vegetable hummingbird
- vervain hummingbird
- violet-bellied hummingbird
Phrases with hummingbird
Questions about hummingbird
- What does hummingbird mean?
- Hummingbird means any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.
- What is hummingbird in Hindi?
- Hummingbird in Hindi is गुंजन पक्षी (guñjan pakṣī). See Hummingbird meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hummingbird?
- Hummingbird is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hummingbird?
- Hummingbird is pronounced /ˈhʌmɪŋˌbɜɹd/ (US).
- What is the plural of hummingbird?
- The plural of hummingbird is hummingbirds.
Words near hummingbird in the dictionary
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