- family Trochilidae
- nounhummingbirds• Syn: ↑Trochilidae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Apodiformes, ↑order Apodiformes• Member Meronyms:
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family Trochilidae
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Trochilidae — noun hummingbirds • Syn: ↑family Trochilidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Apodiformes, ↑order Apodiformes • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
apodiform — ▪ bird Introduction any member of one of two groups of birds (bird), the swifts (swift) and the hummingbirds (hummingbird), that are very different from one another in general appearance and way of life. The two groups, considered suborders,… … Universalium
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hummingbird — /hum ing berrd /, n. a very small nectar sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming… … Universalium
