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sunbird

sunbird noun: a bird belonging to any of several species in the family Nectariniidae.

sunbird: a bird belonging to any of several species in the family Nectariniidae
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Noun

sunbird (plural sunbirds)

  1. A bird belonging to any of several species in the family Nectariniidae.
  2. (US) A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a warm climate to a colder one in the summer; one who oversummers elsewhere.

sunbird meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Malay

sunbird in Tamil

தேன்சிட்டு, நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்

sunbird in Malayalam

bird of family Nectariniidae
തേൻകിളി tēṉkiḷi, സൂചിമുഖി sūcimukhi

sunbird in Malay

bird of family Nectariniidae
kelicap

Forms of sunbird

pluralsunbirds

Origin of sunbird

From sun + bird.

Words formed from sunbird

Phrases with sunbird

Questions about sunbird

What does sunbird mean?
Sunbird means a bird belonging to any of several species in the family Nectariniidae.
What is sunbird in Tamil?
Sunbird in Tamil is தேன்சிட்டு, நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Sunbird meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sunbird?
Sunbird is a noun.
What is the plural of sunbird?
The plural of sunbird is sunbirds.

Words near sunbird in the dictionary

  1. sunbeds
  2. sunbelt
  3. sunbelts
  4. sunberries
  5. sunberry
  6. sunbird
  7. sunbird-asities
  8. sunbird-asity
  9. sunbirds
  10. sunbittern
  11. sunbitterns

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sunbird (page history and authors); sunbird (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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