hummingbird

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  1. noun Any of numerous New World birds of the family Trochilidae, usually very small in size and having brilliant iridescent plumage, a long slender bill, and wings capable of beating very rapidly, thereby enabling the bird to hover.

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  • A vertical-takeoff aircraft, like the hummingbird, has a very high metabolism, which means it requires a lot of energy. —  Paul Moller on the Skycar
  • She stared outside where a hummingbird was flitting through the hanging pots, seeking sustenance from the dying blooms. —  Lisa Jackson - Shiver
  • The idea of her had become superimposed on the memory of the hummingbird, and whenever Brian thought about it he realized that she was inscribed in every pleasant memory he could think of from the past few years. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 05 - May 2002
  • He became the hummingbird, and she took him, and popped north. —  Roc and a Hard Place
  • Then he became the hummingbird, and she took him and popped back to Castle Roogna. —  Roc and a Hard Place
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