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UK
/hˈʌmɪŋbˌɜːd/
]
[ US /ˈhəmɪŋˌbɝd/ ]
[ US /ˈhəmɪŋˌbɝd/ ]
NOUN
- tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight
How To Use hummingbird In A Sentence
- The front was embossed with a teal hummingbird sitting on a tie-dyed tree stump.
- From the seed feeders on the deck come the euphonious calls of chickadees, the bell-like trill of the dark-eyed juncos, the down-slurred whistle of the titmice, the “ank-ank” of the nuthatches, the “zree” of the house finches, and the coo of doves; from the nectar feeders and flowers, the whirr of hummingbird wings. Birdology
- Restricted foraging time due to inclement weather and the resultant decrease in food intake is believed to influence hypothermia in manakins and may induce torpor in hummingbirds.
- Several species of hummingbirds flit about the blooms of the Arizona trumpet and the desert honeysuckle, while the rat-tat-tat of five different kinds of woodpeckers may be heard.
- It is probably a hummingbird clearwing Hemaris thysbe. Clearwing moth from the sidewalk
- The Arts Centre was planning to promote local-based talent and bridge the gap between pub gigs and the 3,000 capacity Hummingbird venue.
- The robot, a similar size to a real hummingbird, is equipped with a micro motor and four wings that can flap 30 times per second, said Hiroshi Liu, the researcher at Chiba University east of Tokyo. Score one for modeling on nature
- On the premises were ten species of hummingbirds, slaty-tailed trogon, rufous and broad-billed motmots, collared aricaris.
- Hummingbirds favored the maguey cactus, and people who extracted the plant's sap were also known as hummingbirds.
- A frog leaps off the bank into a shallow pond just as a hummingbird pauses for nectar from a flaming red salvia plant.