HyperDic: family_trochilidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Trochilidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Trochilidae, Trochilidaehummingbirds
English > family Trochilidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninghummingbirds.
SynonymTrochilidae
Member ofApodiformes, order Apodiformesswifts
MembersArchilochus, genus ArchilochusA genus of Trochilidae
Chalcostigma, genus Chalcostigmathornbills
Ramphomicron, genus Ramphomicronthornbills
hummingbirdtiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Spanishfamilia Trochilidae, Trochilidae, troquílidos
CatalanTrochilidae

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