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sapphirewing

sapphirewing noun: a hummingbird of the genus Pterophanes, of which the great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is the only species.

Noun

sapphirewing (plural sapphirewings)

  1. A hummingbird of the genus Pterophanes, of which the great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is the only species.

Forms of sapphirewing

pluralsapphirewings

Phrases with sapphirewing

Questions about sapphirewing

What does sapphirewing mean?
Sapphirewing means a hummingbird of the genus Pterophanes, of which the great sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus) is the only species.
What part of speech is sapphirewing?
Sapphirewing is a noun.
What is the plural of sapphirewing?
The plural of sapphirewing is sapphirewings.

Words near sapphirewing in the dictionary

  1. sapphireberries
  2. sapphireberry
  3. sapphired
  4. sapphirelike
  5. sapphires
  6. sapphirewing
  7. sapphirewings
  8. sapphiric
  9. sapphirine
  10. sapphirine gurnard
  11. sapphirine gurnards

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