hummingbirdn.

Any bird of the large family Trochilidae, the species of which make a humming sound by the rapid vibration of their wings. The birds are all of very small size, and are usually brilliantly coloured. They are peculiar to America, ranging from Alaska to Patagonia, but most frequent within the tropics.

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1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. iv. 73 There is a curious bird to see to, called a hunning bird, no bigger then a great Beetle.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 60 That which we call the huming Bird, much lesse than a Wren, not much bigger than a humble Bee,..never sitting, but purring with her wings, all the time she staies with the flower.

1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 438 Yet the dullest brain, if gently stir'd, Perhaps may waken to a Humming-bird.

1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 166 The Black Trochilus, or Humming Bird, is the smallest of the whole tribe, being not bigger than the top of a man's finger.

1877 Bryant May Evening iv The humming-bird, that, in the sun, Wandered from bloom to bloom.

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hummingbird bush n. Aeschynomene montevidensis, a South American leguminous shrub much frequented by hummingbirds ( Treasury Bot. 1866).

hummingbird flower n. name for various flowers frequented by hummingbirds.

1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants I. 103 Passiflora sp., Abutilon sp. and many more are ‘humming-bird flowers’.

hummingbird fly n.

1926 Nat. Hist. Oxf. Distr. 260 ‘Humming bird flies.’ These beautiful hairy insects are frequently seen in gardens and woods hovering over flowers.

hummingbird hawkmoth n. (also hummingbird sphinx) a species of hawkmoth ( Macroglossa stellatarum), whose flight resembles that of a hummingbird.

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1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 244 Humming-bird hawk-moth.

1834 Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 2. 40 A large moth hovering, in the manner of the Humming-bird Sphinx, in front of the flowers.

1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. v. 181 Several times I shot by mistake a hummingbird-hawk-moth instead of a bird.

hummingbird tree n. (see quot. 1698).

1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 405 Digitalis Mariana Persicæ folio, This I take to be the Humming Bird Tree.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

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释义	hummingbirdn. Any bird of the large family Trochilidae, the species of which make a humming sound by the rapid vibration of their wings. The birds are all of very small size, and are usually brilliantly coloured. They are peculiar to America, ranging from Alaska to Patagonia, but most frequent within the tropics. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Apodiformes > [noun] > family Trochilidae (humming-bird) hummer1606 hum-bird1634 hummingbird1637 trochilus1752 bee-bird1771 honeysucker1773 fly-bird1782 coquette1854 satellite1857 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan ii. iv. 73 There is a curious bird to see to, called a hunning bird, no bigger then a great Beetle. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 60 That which we call the huming Bird, much lesse than a Wren, not much bigger than a humble Bee,..never sitting, but purring with her wings, all the time she staies with the flower. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 438 Yet the dullest brain, if gently stir'd, Perhaps may waken to a Humming-bird. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 166 The Black Trochilus, or Humming Bird, is the smallest of the whole tribe, being not bigger than the top of a man's finger. 1877 Bryant May Evening iv The humming-bird, that, in the sun, Wandered from bloom to bloom. Compounds hummingbird bush n. Aeschynomene montevidensis, a South American leguminous shrub much frequented by hummingbirds ( Treasury Bot. 1866). hummingbird flower n. name for various flowers frequented by hummingbirds. Π 1897 J. C. Willis Man. Flowering Plants I. 103 Passiflora sp., Abutilon sp. and many more are ‘humming-bird flowers’. hummingbird fly n. Π 1926 Nat. Hist. Oxf. Distr. 260 ‘Humming bird flies.’ These beautiful hairy insects are frequently seen in gardens and woods hovering over flowers. hummingbird hawkmoth n. (also hummingbird sphinx) a species of hawkmoth ( Macroglossa stellatarum), whose flight resembles that of a hummingbird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Sphingidae > macroglossa stellatarum hummingbird hawkmoth1819 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 244 Humming-bird hawk-moth. 1834 Selby in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 1 No. 2. 40 A large moth hovering, in the manner of the Humming-bird Sphinx, in front of the flowers. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. v. 181 Several times I shot by mistake a hummingbird-hawk-moth instead of a bird. hummingbird tree n. (see quot. 1698). Π 1698 J. Petiver in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 405 Digitalis Mariana Persicæ folio, This I take to be the Humming Bird Tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1637
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