Meaning of bumblebird | Babel Free

Definitions

Hummingbird.

nonstandard, rare

Examples

“A brick fireplace sat dark at one end. Doors led off to other rooms, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were openable to the outside where the large bumblebirds buzzed over the bushes.”

“That same afternoon, a brightly colored male bumblebird arrived with a gouge in his back. Something with a sharp beak had tried to eat him for lunch and failed.”

CEFR level