| 单词 | ruby-throated hummingbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruby-throated hummingbird ruby-throated hummingbird n. either of two hummingbirds with males that have metallic ruby-red throats: †(a) a Brazilian bird, Clytolaema rubricauda, with greenish underparts (obsolete); (b) the small Archilochus colubris, with whitish underparts, which breeds throughout most of eastern North America. ΚΠ 1782Ruby-throated humming-bird [see main sense]. 1812 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. i. 340 Ruby-Throated Humming-Bird. Trochilus rubineus... This species..is considerably larger than the Red-Throated Humming-Bird. 1918 Auk 35 79 Two birches just behind the camp seemed the special rendezvous for both sapsuckers and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. 2008 B. Fenimore Backyard Birds Pennsylvania 19/1 The ruby-throated hummingbird feeds on the nectar from wildflowers, which it helps pollinate. < as lemmas |
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