Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A humming-bird of the genus Phaëthornis, as the Cayenne hermit-bird, P. superciliosus.
- noun A South American barbet or puff-bird of the genus Monasa; a nun-bird. There are several species.
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The loiterer in the wood hears the song of the wood-thrush, but is the hermit-bird wronged, or is his song less sweet, because it is not echoed round the world?
Literary and Social Essays George William Curtis 1858
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