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RUBYTHROAT
Etymology
Noun
rubythroat (plural rubythroats)
Any of several species of birds, the males having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat.
Archilochus colubris, the ruby-throated hummingbird.
Two species of genus Calliope (syn. Luscinia), Calliope calliope, the Siberian rubythroat, and Calliope pectoralis, the white-tailed rubythroat.
Rubigula dispar (syn. Pycnonotus dispar), the ruby-throated bulbul.
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"by*throat`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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