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hummingbirds

hummingbirds is the plural of hummingbird.

Meaning of hummingbird

Noun

hummingbird (plural hummingbirds)

  1. 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...
    Synonyms:
    hummer

Phrases with hummingbirds

Questions about hummingbirds

What is hummingbirds the plural of?
Hummingbirds is the plural of hummingbird.

Words near hummingbirds in the dictionary

  1. hummingbird moths
  2. hummingbird sage
  3. hummingbird sages
  4. hummingbird vine
  5. hummingbird vines
  6. hummingbirds
  7. hummings
  8. hummle
  9. hummock
  10. hummocked
  11. hummocking

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