rubythroat

noun — 3 senses

rubythroat

noun

Etymology From ruby + throat.

› Any of several species of birds, the males…

1

A ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).

2

A Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) or white-tailed rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis),of genus Calliope (syn. Luscinia).

3

A ruby-throated bulbul (Rubigula dispar, syn. Pycnonotus dispar).

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