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Meaning of humbird | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A hummingbird.

obsolete

Examples

“The Humbird is one of the vvonders of the Countrey, being no bigger than a Hornet, yet hath all the demenſions of a Bird, as bill, and vvings, vvith quills, ſpider-like legges, ſmall clavves: For colour, ſhe is as glorious as the Raine-bovv; as ſhe flies, ſhe makes a little humming noiſe like a Humble-bee: vvherefore ſhee is called the Humbird.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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