Phrase guide
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noun
Trochilus polytmus; a red-billed streamertail; scissor-tail hummingbird; scissors tail hummingbird (hummingbird)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Compound of doctor + bird. The bird, endemic to Jamaica, is so named because its tail resembles a stethoscope.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
