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bumblebird en · NOUN

Etymology

From bumble + bird.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, rare) Hummingbird.
   • That same afternoon, a brightly colored male bumblebird arrived with a gouge in his back. Something with a sharp beak had tried to eat him for lunch and failed. 2020, Charlotte Llewelyn-Wells, David Guymer, Robbie MacNiven, KeyForge: Tales From the Crucible: A KeyForge Anthology, page 193:
   • A brick fireplace sat dark at one end. Doors led off to other rooms, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were openable to the outside where the large bumblebirds buzzed over the bushes. 1986, Richard Mueller, Jernigan's Egg, page 128:

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