Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A humming-bird of the genus Petasophora.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any tropical humming bird of the genus Petasophora, having violet or purplish ear tufts.
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Examples
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There are two other violet-ear Colibri species; the brown violet-ear and the sparkling violet-ear.
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Green violet-ear, Colibri thalassinus (protonym, Trochilus thalassinus), also known as the Mexican violet-ear, photographed near Keats (Riley County) Kansas (USA).
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Response: This is an adult Green violet-ear, Colibri thalassinus.
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There are two other violet-ear Colibri species; the brown violet-ear and the sparkling violet-ear.
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Green violet-ear, Colibri thalassinus (protonym, Trochilus thalassinus), also known as the Mexican violet-ear, photographed near Keats (Riley County) Kansas (USA).
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Response: This is an adult Green violet-ear, Colibri thalassinus.
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In Bolivia are found the Bolivian violet-ear, Warren's wood-star, and many others; but we must bring our description of the humming-birds of this region to a conclusion.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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