sunbird

English

Vigors's sunbird (Aethopyga vigorsii)

Etymology

sun +‎ bird

Noun

sunbird (plural sunbirds)

1. A bird belonging to any of several species in the family Nectariniidae.
2. (US) A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a warm climate to a colder one in the summer; one who oversummers elsewhere.

   Coordinate terms: snowbird, summerite, year-rounder

Derived terms

• green-headed sunbird
• olive-backed sunbird
• Palestine sunbird
• Socotra sunbird

 

Translations

bird of family Nectariniidae

• Bulgarian: нектарник m (nektarnik)
• Catalan: suimanga f
• Czech: strdimil m anim
• French: souïmanga (fr) m
• Irish: éan gréine m
• Malagasy: sohimanga
• Malay: kelicap
• Malayalam: തേൻകിളി (tēṉkiḷi), സൂചിമുഖി (sūcimukhi)
• Romanian: nectarinidă f
• Russian: некта́рница (ru) f (nektárnica)

See also

• spiderhunter

Anagrams

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