Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Asiatic warbler of the genus Calliope belonging to the thrush family.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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 ).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of numerous
species ofhummingbird , themales having a brilliant patch of metallic red on the throat.
Etymologies
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Examples
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FIVE ON THE WINGSiberian rubythroat Luscinia calliopeA member of the thrush family which is distinguished by its olive-brown upper parts, bright red throat and white stripes above and below the eyes.
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The rubythroat winters in India and Indonesia and is normally rare in western Europe.
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Last month a Siberian rubythroat – a tiny brown bird with a scarlet chest – was spotted outside Lerwick in Shetland.
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I was with a group walking the beaches of Casco Cove when a call came in from the Gilbert Ridge: Siberian rubythroat!
Birding at the Edge 2001
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I was with a group walking the beaches of Casco Cove when a call came in from the Gilbert Ridge: Siberian rubythroat!
Birding at the Edge 2001
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They are so much like humming-birds in their movements, that many of the country people consider them as a sort of cousin-german of our common rubythroat.
Rural Hours 1887
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