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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Trochilidae .
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Examples
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Phaethornis superciliosus, says Peggy, who knows a thousand things by their names.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Phaethornis superciliosus, says Peggy, who knows a thousand things by their names.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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(Phaethornis longirostris, De Latt.) might be seen at any time when the tree was in bloom, by watching near it for a few minutes.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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These birds, with several others of similar habits and formation, are classed separately from the _Trochilidae_, and belong to the genus _Phaethornis_.
On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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I knew them by the shape of their bills and their nests to belong to the genus _Phaethornis_.
On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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He one day saw a little pigmy, belonging to the genus Phaethornis, in the act of washing itself in a brook.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Most of the humming-birds found on the banks of the Amazon belong to the genus Phaethornis; remarkable for their long, graduated tails, the central feathers of which greatly exceed the others.
The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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