Definitions for Hummingbird
ˈhʌm ɪŋˌbɜrdhum·ming·bird

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. hummingbirdnoun

   tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight

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1. hummingbirdnoun

   Any of various small American birds in the family Trochilidae that have the ability to hover.

2. Etymology: * Onomatopoeic of the humming sound made by the rapidly moving wings. See hum. See below Quotations

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1. Hummingbird

   Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics around the equator. They are small birds, with most species measuring 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) in length. The smallest extant hummingbird species is the 5 cm (2.0 in) bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 2.0 g (0.07 oz). The largest hummingbird species is the 23 cm (9.1 in) giant hummingbird, weighing 18–24 grams (0.63–0.85 oz). They are specialized for feeding on flower nectar, but all species also consume flying insects or spiders. Hummingbirds split from their sister group, the swifts and treeswifts, around 42 million years ago. The common ancestor of extant hummingbirds is estimated to have lived 22 million years ago in South America. They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, which vary from around 12 beats per second in the largest species to around 80 per second in small hummingbirds. Of those species that have been measured during flying in wind tunnels, their top speeds exceed 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph). During courtship, some male species dive from 30 metres (100 ft) of height above a female at speeds around 23 m/s (83 km/h; 51 mph).Hummingbirds have the highest mass-specific metabolic rate of any homeothermic animal. To conserve energy when food is scarce and at night when not foraging, they can enter torpor, a state similar to hibernation, and slow their metabolic rate to 1/15 of its normal rate.

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1. hummingbird

   A hummingbird is a small species of bird known for its ability to hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings. They belong to the family Trochilidae and are native to the Americas. Recognized for their vibrant colors and long, slender beaks, hummingbirds feed on nectar from plants, using their tongues to extract the high-caloric substance. They are also capable of flying backwards or upside down, skills that are unique among birds.

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1. Hummingbird

   Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12–80 times per second. They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which sometimes sounds like bees or other insects. To conserve energy while they sleep or when food is scarce, they have the ability to go into a hibernation-like state where their metabolic rate is slowed to 1/15th of its normal rate. When the nights get colder, their body temperature can drop significantly and thus slow down their heart and breathing rate, thus burning much less energy overnight. As the day heats back up, the hummingbird's body temperature will come back up and they resume their normal activity. They can fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s; they are also the only group of birds with the ability to fly backwards. Individuals from some species of hummingbirds weigh less than a penny.

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1. HUMMINGBIRD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hummingbird is ranked #59901 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hummingbird surname appeared 337 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hummingbird.
   
   73.5% or 248 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   14.2% or 48 total occurrences were White.
   6.8% or 23 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   5.3% or 18 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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How to pronounce Hummingbird?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hummingbird in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Hummingbird in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Hummingbird in a Sentence

1. Francesca Knittel Bowyer:

   Mummy had the fragility of an orchid, the energy of a hummingbird, the tenacity of a hunter. She could change calm waters into a raging storm with a look and the lift of a finger, my heart is a hole without her, but that hole will definitely be filled with incredible memories, sweet, salty and funny. I want her memory to linger with those who knew her and be given to those who did not.

2. Silvia Taylor:

   We recently initiated a trial that we're calling Hummingbird, which is a Phase 2b/3 trial, and that's going to be an effectiveness and efficacy trial and also clearly be looking at safety, and that will have three age cohorts, the first cohort of kids, that trial was already initiated, and that's for kids 6 to 11.

3. John Stamos:

   I don't know why I did it, but I videotaped it, and I got video of the little hummingbird that I think was Bob Saget.

4. Chad Eliason:

   Hummingbirds have bright, iridescent feathers, but if you took a hummingbird feather and smashed it into tiny pieces, you’d only see black dust. The pigment in the feathers is black, but the shapes of the melanosomes that produce that pigment are what make the colors in hummingbird feathers that we see.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Hummingbird
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hummingbird
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Hummingbird
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html