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rubythroat en · NOUN

Etymology

From ruby + throat.

Meanings

  1. Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat. ▸ A ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).
  2. Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat. ▸ A Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) or white-tailed rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis),of genus Calliope (syn. Luscinia).
  3. Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat. ▸ A ruby-throated bulbul (Rubigula dispar, syn. Pycnonotus dispar).

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