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Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat.
A ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).
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noun
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).
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noun
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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History
From ruby + throat.
