sunbird

[ suhn-burd ]
/ ˈsʌnˌbɜrd /

noun

any of various small, brilliantly colored Old World birds of the family Nectariniidae.

Origin of sunbird

First recorded in 1790–1800; sun + bird

Words nearby sunbird

sunbathe, sunbeam, sunbed, sunbelt, sunberry, sunbird, sunblock, sunbonnet, sunbow, sunbreak, sunburn

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British Dictionary definitions for sunbird

sunbird
/ (ˈsʌnˌbɜːd) /

noun

any small songbird of the family Nectariniidae, of tropical regions of the Old World, esp Africa, having a long slender curved bill and a bright plumage in the males