Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A humming-bird of the genus Thaumastura, having a very long forficate tail, like a pair of shears, as T. cora, T. henicura, etc.
- noun A sea-swallow or tern: from the long forked tail. See cut under
roseate . - noun A British shears-moth, as Hadena dentina.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The common tern.
- noun Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Thaumastura having a long forked tail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The common tern,
Sterna hirundo . - noun A
hummingbird of any of severalspecies of thegenus Thaumastura , having a long forked tail.
Etymologies
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shear + tail?
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Examples
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Stattersfield et al. identifies two birds with limited ranges that include this ecoregion; the near endemic Mexican sheartail (Doricha eliza) and the endemic Yucatan Wren (Campylorhynchus yucatanicus).
Petenes mangroves 2009
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