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Meanings of hummingbird in English
Synonyms
Examples for "trochilidae"
Examples for "trochilidae"
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Professor Orton tells us that the valley of Quito swarms with those winged jewels-ofvaried hue-theTrochilidae.
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In New Granada is also found the curious little snow-cap humming-bird, one of the most rare of the Trochilidae.
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A red-faced older man wavered into being just to the left of the hummingbirds.
2
Meanwhile the sun, shining in at the open window, made the feathers of the hummingbirds glisten.
3
At one point a falcon flew past and the hummingbirds just disappeared for a few moments.
4
Eventually, they are confronted with the changing seasons and the need to let the hummingbirds leave.
5
Apple blossoms were late enough for the hummingbirds.
Usage of hummingbird in English
1
Home to more kinds of hummingbird than anywhere else in the world
2
A brilliantly colored hummingbird interrupted their conversation by darting across the table.
3
His hand hovered over the flag like a hummingbird over a flower.
4
Maybe she measured the spaces in the honeycombs and counted hummingbird wings.
5
The saleswoman who hovers like a hummingbird takes the dress from Kate.
6
A hummingbird cake, she decided as she turned on the kitchen light.
7
Maggie was on the two of them like a hummingbird after nectar.
8
She said she wasn't sure whether it was a hummingbird or a beetle.
9
The hummingbird builds with the solidity and tenacity of the wasp.
10
The woods hold not such another gem as the nest of the hummingbird.
11
Yesterday, he was chirping like a hummingbird content with his lot.
12
Others have tried to inject friction into the hummingbird metabolism of social media.
13
This involved transitions from bee to hummingbird and small rodent pollination.
14
But a hummingbird swept past her and she lost her nerve.
15
Can you bring a hummingbird down with an arrow? he asks.
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So the hummingbird, too, escapes through the finest meshes of rhyme.
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Translations for hummingbird
Hummingbird through the time
Hummingbird across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common