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sunbird

[ suhn-burd ]
/ ˈsʌnˌbɜrd /

noun

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

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Origin of sunbird

First recorded in 1790–1800; sun + bird

Words nearby sunbird

sunbeam, sun bear, sunbed, Sunbelt, sunberry, sunbird, sun bittern, sun blind, sunblock, sunbonnet, sunbow
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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
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