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Lucifer sheartail

Lucifer sheartail noun: calothorax lucifer, a medium-sized green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive outward flare of the gorget feathers, found in high-altitude areas of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.

lucifer sheartail: calothorax lucifer, a medium-sized green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive...
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Noun

Lucifer sheartail (plural Lucifer sheartails)

  1. Calothorax lucifer, a medium-sized green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive outward flare of the gorget feathers, found in high-altitude areas of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.

Synonyms of Lucifer sheartail

Forms of Lucifer sheartail

pluralLucifer sheartails

Questions about Lucifer sheartail

What does Lucifer sheartail mean?
Lucifer sheartail means calothorax lucifer, a medium-sized green hummingbird with a slightly curved bill and distinctive outward flare of the gorget feathers, found in high-altitude areas of northern Mexico and southwestern United States.
What part of speech is Lucifer sheartail?
Lucifer sheartail is a noun.
What is the plural of Lucifer sheartail?
The plural of Lucifer sheartail is Lucifer sheartails.

Words near Lucifer sheartail in the dictionary

  1. lucifer
  2. Lucifer hummingbird
  3. Lucifer hummingbirds
  4. lucifer match
  5. lucifer matches
  6. Lucifer sheartail
  7. Lucifer sheartails
  8. Lucifer yellow
  9. luciferase
  10. luciferases
  11. Luciferian

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