Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Trochilidæ or humming-birds: as, trochilidine literature.
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- adjective ornithology, rare Of, or pertaining to
hummingbirds .
Etymologies
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From scientific Latin Trochilidae (family name).
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Examples
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OW 1868-1885 OW larine gull OW tringine sandpiper OW meleagrine turkey W trochilidine humming - milvine kite 1727-1842 bird 1885 OW OW trochiline humming - nestorine kea, kaka W bird W phasianine pheasant turdine thrush 1890 1868
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