Rubythroat

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  hummingbird \hummingbird\, humming bird \humming bird\n.
     (Zool.),
     any bird of the family {Trochilid[ae]}, of which over one
     hundred genera are known, including about four hundred
     species. They are found only in America and are most abundant
     in the tropics. They are mostly of very small size with long


     slender bills adapted to sucking nectar from flowers, and are
     noted for the very brilliant iridescent colors of their
     plumage and their peculiar habit of hovering about flowers
     while vibrating their wings very rapidly with a humming
     noise; the wings are specialized for hovering flight, but
     they can also dart forward and fly quite rapidly. They feed
     both upon the nectar of flowers and upon small insects. The
     common humming bird or {ruby-throat} of the Eastern United
     States is {Trochilus colubris}. Several other species are
     found in the Western United States. See {Calliope}, and
     {Ruby-throat}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rubythroat \Ru"by*throat`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to
     {Trochilus}, {Calypte}, {Stellula}, and allies, in which the
     male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers
     having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of
     the Eastern United States ({Trochilus colubris}).
     [1913 Webster]