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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A humming-bird of the genus Discurus and related forms, having two feathers of the tail shaped like rackets.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any of several species of hummingbirds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket-shaped.

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