| 单词 | ruby-topaz hummingbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasruby-topaz hummingbird ruby-topaz hummingbird n. [compare German Rubintopas (1820 or earlier)] (also ruby and topaz hummingbird) a hummingbird of northern South America and the Lesser Antilles, Chrysolampis mosquitus, the male of which has a bright red crown and nape and orange-yellow throat. ΚΠ 1847 W. H. Edwards Voy. Amazon xxi. 239 The Mango Humming Bird, T[rochilus] mango; the Ruby and Topaz [Humming Bird], T. moschitus; Swallow-tailed [Humming Bird], T. forficatus. 1855 T. G. Bradford Murray's Encycl. Geogr. (rev. ed.) III. v. vii. 289 Trinidad..appears to be the chief island for birds: the ruby-topaz, the ruff-necked, and the emerald-crested Humming-birds are particularly splendid. 1946 Auk 63 373 Ruby and Topaz Hummingbird.—Blanchisseuse Road, two on March 26. 2000 A. D. Fredericks More Social Stud. through Children’s Lit. i. 3 This rainforest simulation is so authentic that one might expect..a flock of ruby topaz hummingbirds to hover overhead. < as lemmas |
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