Definition of Hummingbirds

1. Noun. (plural of hummingbird) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hummingbirds

1. hummingbird [n] - See also: hummingbird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hummingbirds

hummeller
hummellers
hummels
hummerite
hummers
hummin
humming
humming-bird
humming-birds
humming-top
humming bird's trumpet
humming top
hummingbird
hummingbird moth
hummingbirds
hummings
hummock
hummocked
hummocking
hummocks
hummocky
hummum
hummums
hummus
hummuses
humogen
humogens
humongoid
humongous

Literary usage of Hummingbirds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"In the intermediate groups (Cuckoos, Trogons, Woodpeckers, Swifts, Hummingbirds and Parrots) the manner in which the Fio. 19. ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1900)
"The only previous figures of this species appear to be those published by Edwards in 1760, and by Audubon, in 1838. THE RUFOUS Hummingbirds OF CAPE DISAP ..."

3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"... .85 x .50. mon in some localities within their range, but appear to be found only on high ranges or in their immediate vicinity. I White]. Hummingbirds. ..."

4. The Birds of Ontario: Being a Concise Account of Every Species of Bird Known by Thomas McIlwraith (1894)
"The Hummingbirds begin to arrive towards the middle of May, and by the end of the month, when the lilacs are in bloom, they are quite numerous. ..."

5. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1902)
"(Read before the Ornithological Section of the Entomological Society of Ontario.) Hummingbirds belong to the order ..."

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